Vector audio panning and playback system

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure describes a method and a system of panning and vector reproduction of 4 audio channels, which is based on what in this document is defined as a vector panning, which allows audio panning that is not limited to placing sounds on a simple horizontal line, said vector panning, creates an audio image within a panoramic field delimited by X and Y axes. Said audio image is structured on 8 stereo panning lines which in turn allow us to place sounds in at least 25 panning points. The present disclosure comprises a vector audio reproduction equipment, which must have certain specific characteristics for the proper functioning of the disclosure, such as using only mono audio reproduction systems, same which must emit a full frequency range each, among other characters Energetic, which can be positioned in a configuration of specific angles and distances in relation to the listener in 3 different embodiments.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates to multichannel audio systems,specifically describing a vector audio panning and playback system of 4audio channels, which will be referred to herein as an audio vectorsystem.

The audio vector system of the present disclosure is capable of offeringaudio player numerous creative variants in the audio production process,in addition, the listener will be able to perceive exactly where thesounds come from in the acoustic space, their movement, your body anddepth, achieving with this, offer the opportunity to create and enjoynew auditory and visual audio experiences.

As an example, and without these applications being limiting, the audiosystem of the present disclosure is applied in the processes of creationand reproduction of audio in general, music, video audio, mass shows,etc.

BACKGROUND

For a better understanding of the present disclosure, it is necessaryfirst to understand what a stereophonic panning consists of, whereby thenature of a panning in general terms and how a stereophonic panning isperformed is briefly described below.

Panning is a technique that is responsible for placing sounds inspecific places or giving them movement from one place to another,directing them to different speakers to define a specific locationaccording to the perception of a listener placed in the sweet spotsuggested by the playback equipment used.

Sweet spot should be understood as the maximum point of appreciation ofthe user, either to appreciate an audio or to appreciate a video, andthis guarantees to offer the best experience compared to any other pointof appreciation. Normally, the sweet spot is located right in front ofthe audio or video playback equipment and in the middle part of thepresentation room since it is usually the location where the audio orvideo effects can best be appreciated. A person skill in the art mayunderstand that the sweet spot suggested for each audio reproductionequipment will depend on the amount of recorded channels, audio outputs,position of the audio outputs in the physical space, use of subwoofers,etc., therefore, the quality, emotion, and feeling the sound perceivedby the listener located in the sweet spot will depend on everythingmentioned above.

When talking about a stereophonic panning, this also means that soundscan be placed at a specific point within a linear axis or horizontallinear plane, as well as giving them movement from left to right or viceversa according to the panning the audio producer decides to do. Forexample, to place a sound in the center of said axis of linear panning,also known as a phantom center, 50% of the sound is sent to the leftchannel and 50% of the same sound is sent to the right channel. If youwant to place a sound completely to the left, 100% of the sound is sentto the left channel and 0% of the same sound is sent to the rightchannel. In the same way, when placing a sound completely to the right,100% of the sound is sent to the right channel and 0% of the same soundis sent to the left channel.

In a stereophonic panning, sounds can be placed in a variety of specificpoints, technically known as panning points. An example of astereophonic panning line is shown in FIG. 1, will be describing indetail below, which shows 5 preferred audio panning points, althoughsaid line may include n quantity of points. Said 5 preferred points arerepresented as A, B, C, D, E for explanatory purposes of the presentdisclosure. As an example, to place a sound on said 5 main stereophonicpanning points, the following percentages of sound must be assigned intheir corresponding left and/or right channels;

Place a sound at the panning point “A” 100% of such sound is sent to theleft channel,

Place a sound at the panning point “B” 100% of such sound is sent to theright channel.

Place a sound at the panning point “C” 50% of such sound is sent to theleft channel and 50% of the same sound is sent to the right channel.

Place a sound at the panning point “D” 75% of such sound is sent to theleft channel and 25% of the same sound is sent to the right channel.

Place a sound at the panning point “E”, 25% of that sound is sent to theleft channel and 75% of the same sound is sent to the right channel.

In accordance with the above, the sound of an instrument can be placedat any of the points “A, B, C, D, E” within the horizontal linear planeof a stereophonic panning, that is, the sound of each instrument can beplace on the left side represented at point “A”, or at the centerrepresented at point “C”, or at any of the other stereophonic panningpoints.

The multi-channel playback system is the audio playback platformrecorded on more than 2 channels, where these audios are played on morethan two speakers depending on the number of channels the recordingcontains. There are several multichannel reproduction systems currentlyamong which are the quadraphonic multichannel systems, the 5.1, 6.1,7.1, 7.2, and 9.2 surround systems, among others with similarcharacteristics.

The quadraphonic multi-channel system, also known as the 4-channel or4.0 multi-channel audio system, reproduces 4 channels in 4 speakersplaced at 4 specific points around the listener, forming a horizontalsquare around the listener. The signals emitted by the 4 speakers areindependent of each other. In addition to playing 4 independentchannels, the quadraphonic system has its own format, so it can only beplayed on playback systems compatible with its format. An example of aquadraphonic multi-channel reproduction system is shown in FIG. 2.

On the other hand, the 5.1 playback system, shown in FIG. 3a , is asystem made up of 5 speakers that emit an audio channel each and eachaudio channel is independent of the others. Additionally, this systemhas a sixth speaker that is placed at ground level, this sixth speakeremits the sounds with more serious frequencies and is called asubwoofer, said audio system is called 5.1 because it uses 5 speakersand 1 subwoofer.

It is important to note that the recordings created to be reproduced in5.1 systems from now on, also have their own format, so they can only beplayed in the playback systems created for those recordings.

A peculiarity of the 5.1 surround sound systems is that their 5 speakersemit frequency ranges determined according to their position in relationto the listening in the following way: Being 5 speakers, the centerspeaker emits sounds with medium frequencies that generally come fromthe voices, the front left and right speakers emit sounds withmedium-high frequencies and do not emit serious frequencies, the leftand right rear speakers emit sounds with medium-high frequencies thatgenerally come from ambient sounds and finally, the subwoofer placed onthe Ground height emits sounds with more serious frequencies, close to100 Hz.

In the same way as in the previous explanation, system 6.1, shown inFIG. 3b , refers to 6 speakers positioned around the listener, whichemit medium-high frequencies, as well as using a subwoofer that isplaced at the height of the ground and emits sounds with more seriousfrequencies.

In the system 7.1, shown in FIG. 3c , two more speakers are located onthe side with respect to the 5.1 system, in the same way, the 7 speakersemit sounds with medium-high frequencies around the ear and thesubwoofer placed to the ground height emits the sounds with the mostserious frequencies of the recordings.

In the system 7.2, shown in FIG. 3d , has the same principles as system7.1, with 7 speakers positioned around the listening, which emit soundswith medium-high frequencies, the difference is that this system makesuse of 2 subwoofers placed at the height of the ground, which emit thesounds with more low frequencies, unlike the 7.1 system that uses only 1subwoofer.

In the system 9.1, shown in FIG. 3e , works like systems 7.1 and 7.2 insuch a way that its speakers emit sounds with medium-high frequenciesaround the listening, the difference is that the eighth and ninthspeakers can be positioned at the top front of the listener or, in somecases, even on the front roof. This system still has a subwoofer that isplaced at ground level and emits sounds with more low frequencies.

All the multichannel systems mentioned above, perform a multichannelsurround sound panning through various types of software, audiosequencers and plugins. However, regardless of the means by whichmultichannel surround sound panning is performed, said panning is basedon an exclusively linear horizontal panning.

As described above, all the audio reproduction systems work through apanning and linear reproduction system, this limits the potential of thesounds, since all the high, medium and low frequencies are confined tothe same horizon, as shown in FIG. 4.

It is important to mention that the audio systems described above cantherefore be classified as linear systems, because they make use of asingle horizontal axis in their audio panning processes, therefore, suchsystems can be considered as systems of 1D audio

The US Patent Application No. US2018/0184224 A1, “AUDIO PANNINGTRANSFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD” of Dolby Laboratories LicensingCorporation, Published on Jun. 28, 2018, describes a method forgenerating a multichannel audio signal comprising multiple channels,wherein each channel corresponds to a location on a surface at least oneobject of an audio input. This method determines through phantom signalsthe considerations necessary to represent the audio input object anddetermine the audio channels by panning the phantom signals.Subsequently it combines the audio channels to produce a multichannelaudio signal.

Meanwhile, International Patent Application No. WO2016/14715 A1,“APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION OF SUBSONIC SOUND WAVES TO THE HUMAN BODY”,by Michele Aldini, published on Sep. 22, 2016, describes amultifunctional device for selectively transmitting in the human bodysubsonic sound waves supplied from a music source. The objective of thisdisclosure is to provide an apparatus for transmitting, through contact,to the human body musical sound waves, which can be selected andtransmitted to certain parts of the human body.

The US Patent Application No. US 2017/0249946 A1, “APPARATUS AND METHODFOR PROVIDING ENHANCED GUIDED DOWNMIX CAPABILITES FOR 3D AUDIO”, byFraunhofer-Gesellschaftz zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung eV,published on Aug. 31, 2017, describes a method to make a mix in such away that a multi-channel signal can be reduced to a smaller number ofspeakers, but with information such that the speaker output producesvirtual points so that they represent the location of the originalsignal. An arrangement is also described showing the positions of theactual speakers in which an array of vertical speakers is observed infront of the listener, where the speakers are at different heights.

The US Patent Application No. US 2009/0150163 A1, “METHOD AND APPARATUSFOR MULTICHANNEL UPMIXING AND DOWNMIXING” by Geoffrey Glen Martin,published on Jun. 11, 2009, describes a method and apparatus forcombining accurate knowledge about relative speaker positions (virtualspeakers) and precise knowledge about the actual location of thespeakers in a vector space that allows calculating the corrections ofsignal movement used to simulate the presence of virtual speakers.

Finally, U.S. Pat. No. 9,554,227 B2 “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSINGAUDIO SIGNAL” of Samsung Electronics Co., published on Jan. 24, 2017,describes an apparatus for processing an audio signal comprising a unitof indexing estimate that receives information from a three-dimensionalimage as an input and generates indexed information to apply athree-dimensional effect to an audio object in at least one direction ofthe right, left, top, bottom, front and back directions, based in thethree-dimensional image information, and a reproduction unit to apply athree-dimensional effect to the audio object in at least one directionof the right, left, upper, lower, front and rear directions, based onthe indexed information.

In a novel way, the vector audio system of the present disclosure makesuse of 2 axes in its audio panning process, a horizontal axis and avertical axis, therefore, the present disclosure can be considered as a2D audio system, which in addition to offering the technical advantagesdescribed in detail in the detailed description on 1D systems, has theadvantage of being much simpler to operate and requiring much lessresources than a system at the other end of the spectrum such as thoseThey use 3 axes in their audio panning processes, one horizontal, onevertical and one that marks the depth.

The prior art documents identified fail to describe a vector panningsystem, a vector audio reproduction system and a frequency offset methodsuch as those described in this application, with the use of 4 channelsand two panning axes. which allows obtaining the values assigned by thepresent disclosure in said panning axes.

Also, the prior art discloses various speaker arrangements for audioreproduction, where the speakers can be placed at different heights;however, in most of these examples, listening is always in front of thespeaker array without the possibility of obtaining efficient variablesbased on the listening position. For example, the state of the art doesnot describe or suggest an arrangement where the speakers placed on theleft side are placed in front of the speakers on the right side andwhere the listening is in the middle of the left and right speakers.

The use of a frequency offset to calibrate the frequencies that will beemitted by the speakers increasing the power of the treble so that theseincreased treble frequencies gradually decrease as the sound movesupwards within a vector panning system, nor was it described far fromsuggested by the state of the art. In a novel way, the vector audiosystem of the present disclosure makes use of 2 axes in its processes ofpanning and audio reproduction, a horizontal axis and a vertical axis,therefore, the present disclosure can be considered as a system of 2Daudio A person skilled in the art would therefore not have anymotivation to modify a 1D system towards a 2D system using mono outputs,nor motivation to modify a 3D system towards a 2D one.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure relates to a multichannel audio system,specifically to a panning and vector reproduction system of 4 audiochannels, which has its own vector panning, a unique format and its ownplayback and/or recording equipment of vector audio, as well as means toperform them.

The vector panning of the present disclosure, unlike a stereophonicpanning, allows audio panning that is not limited to placing sounds on asimple horizontal line, therefore, said vector panning releases soundswith any range of frequencies to that can occupy any selected locationin the acoustic space of the listener. An example of the above describedis shown in FIG. 5.

The audio system of the present application achieves said vector panningand creates an “audio image” in which the horizontal and verticalappreciation of the sounds in the acoustic space of the listening isbroadened, specifically within a panoramic field delimited by X-axis.and Y. Said audio image is structured on 8 stereophonic panning lineswhich in turn allow sounds to be placed in at least 25 panning points.

The audio system of the present disclosure is based on a vector panningtable of the present application, which represents the basis of thetechnique for placing a sound at any of the at least 25 panning pointsmentioned above. making use of 1, 2 or 4 of the corresponding audiochannels of the present disclosure and their sound percentages.

The audio system of the present disclosure incorporates examples, whichare not limiting thereof, on at least a couple of panning controls,which can be added to each line or audio track of a physical or virtualmixer (described below), wherein said at least two panning controls willserve to grant the horizontal and vertical location of a sound withinthe mentioned panoramic field delimited by its X and Y axes.

Additionally, the audio system of the present disclosure incorporates byway of example, without limitation, at least one electronic circuitsuitable for regulating the functionality of said at least one pair ofpanning controls.

The audio system of the present application also comprises by way ofexample, without limitation, at least a Virtual Studio Technology (VST)plug-in to be executed in the confines of a music sequencer or DigitalAudio Workstation (DAW), where said plug-in must comprise at least 2virtual horizontal and vertical panning axes to place each sound withinthe mentioned panoramic field delimited by its X and Y axes.

In the scope of the present disclosure, a method of real-time vectorpanning is also proposed in an audio production, wherein said real-timevector panning consists of capturing the sound with its location that isperceived in a panoramic image within A real physical space.

Additionally, the present disclosure also considers a method forperforming a frequency adjustment, which consists in increasing the highfrequencies at the outputs of the 2 lower channels vectorized by meansof a physical mixer or by means of a digital mixer.

An integral part of the present disclosure also includes a method ofencoding and decoding by using a multimedia file player to create andreproduce a unique audio format.

Additionally, the present disclosure comprises a vector audioreproduction equipment, which uses only mono audio reproduction systems,which can be positioned in a specific angle and distance configurationin relation to listening in 3 different modes, to emit a range fullfrequency, which will be described in detail later.

These and other advantages of the present disclosure will be betterunderstood by the description detailed below, in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1, is a representation of a stereophonic panning wherein the 5 mainpanning points are shown.

FIG. 2, shows a traditional quadraphonic system in accordance with theprior art.

FIG. 3a , shows an audio system 5.1 in accordance with the prior art.

FIG. 3b , shows an audio system 6.1 in accordance with the prior art.

FIG. 3c , shows an audio system 7.1 in accordance with the prior art.

FIG. 3d , shows an audio system 7.2 in accordance with the prior art.

FIG. 3e , shows an audio system 9.1 in accordance with the prior art.

FIG. 4, shows a linear graphical representation of the sounds and theirfrequencies confined to the same horizon when they are emitted throughthe linear audio systems of the prior art.

FIG. 5, shows a graphic representation of the sounds and their freefrequencies in the acoustic listening space when making use of the audiovector system in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 6, shows a graphic representation of the vector concept inaccordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 7, shows a graphical representation of 25 spatial location pointswithin a panoramic field delimited by its X and Y axes, such as thatwhich can be generated by the system of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8, shows an example of a rendering of instruments in the acousticspace of the listener within said panoramic field generated by thesystem of the present disclosure delimited by its X and Y axes.

FIG. 9, shows a graphical representation of the specific position ofeach of the 8 stereo pan lines within said panoramic field delimited byits X and Y axes.

FIG. 10, shows a graphical representation of the 25 preferred panningpoints of the present disclosure placed on said 8 stereophonic panninglines.

FIG. 11, shows a vector panning table, which shows the technique forplacing sounds at any of the at least 25 preferred panning points of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 12, shows a representation of the physical pan controls on an audioline or track in a physical mixer, which are proposed by the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 13a , shows a diagram of the first mode of operation in which anelectronic circuit can be observed that can form a pair of vectorpanning controls for the physical mixers proposed by the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 13b , shows a scheme of the second mode of operation in which anelectronic circuit can be observed that can form a pair of vectorpanning controls for the physical mixers proposed by the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 14, shows a non-limiting representation of a graphical userinterface of a plugin to make vector panoramas through a digital mixeror Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).

The FIG. 15, shows a flow chart showing the generalities of the methodused in coding, decoding and multimedia player.

FIG. 16, shows the arrangement of each of the 4 mono audio reproductionsystems used in embodiment 1 and 2 of the vector audio reproductionequipment of the present disclosure, wherein said arrangement forms aquadrilateral or vertical quadrangle, as well as the relationship ofeach mono-audio reproduction system with its corresponding vector-pannedchannel is also shown.

FIG. 17, shows the arrangement of the 4 mono audio reproduction systemsin relation to listening, in accordance with Embodiment 1 of the vectoraudio reproduction equipment.

FIG. 18, shows the arrangement of the 4 mono audio reproduction systemsin relation to listening, in accordance with Embodiment 2 of the vectoraudio reproduction equipment.

FIG. 19, shows a flow chart showing the operation of Embodiment 3,wherein an intervention and interaction of two triangular systems isperformed with the vector audio reproduction equipment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 20, shows the arrangement of the 6 mono audio reproduction systemsin the acoustic physical space in accordance with Embodiment 3 of thevector audio reproduction equipment, where 3 mono audio reproductionsystems are placed at the top and 3 mono audio reproduction systems atthe bottom.

FIG. 21, shows the arrangement of the 6 mono audio reproduction systemsin relation to listening, in accordance with Embodiment 3 of the vectoraudio reproduction equipment.

FIG. 22, shows the acoustic effect that is achieved with Embodiment 3 ofthe vector audio reproduction equipment, where a curvature is created inthe panoramic field, which creates a kind of panoramic semicircle thatcan be seen in the front part of the acoustic space of the listener whenplaying vector-panned audios.

FIG. 23 shows a general flow chart showing the interaction andconnection between the different elements that constitute the presentdisclosure

FIG. 24, illustrates the main 5 physical and virtual panning pointscreated with the system of the present disclosure are shown asreference.

FIG. 25, illustrates the relationship between the audio signals X2, Z2and Y2 with the panning points A, D, C, E, B in the physical space isshown as reference.

FIG. 26, illustrates the relationship between the audio signals X3, Z3and Y3 with the panning points in the physical space is shown asreference.

FIG. 27, illustrates the comparison of a linear stereophonic panningwith the triangular panning provided by the present disclosure in theX2Z2Y2 embodiment of the present disclosure is shown as a reference.

FIG. 28, illustrates the comparison of a linear stereophonic panningwith the triangular panning provided by the present disclosure in theX3Z3Y3 embodiment of the present disclosure is shown as a reference.

FIG. 29, illustrates a computer system for assigning values for each oneof the mono audio playback systems.

FIG. 30, illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment ofhardware to create the assignment of values for each one of the monoaudio playback systems.

FIG. 31a , illustrates the graphical audio lines corresponding each ofthe three mono audio playback systems after the assignment of values inembodiment X2, Z2, Y2 of the present disclosure.

FIG. 31b , illustrates the graphical audio lines corresponding each ofthe three mono audio playback systems after the assignment of values inembodiment X3, Z3, Y3 of the present disclosure.

FIG. 32a , illustrates the process of physical merge of the values forcreating the panning points in the X2Z2Y2 embodiment created with thetechnology of the present disclosure.

FIG. 32b , illustrates the process of physical merge of the values forcreating the panning points in the X3Z3Y3 embodiment created with thetechnology of the present disclosure.

FIG. 33, illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment tocreate the audio triangular effect in hardware using the technology ofthe present disclosure.

FIG. 34, illustrates the graphical audio lines corresponding each of thethree mono audio playback systems after the triangular effect throughhardware.

FIG. 35, illustrates the location of the mono audio playback systems inrelation to the listener for the triangular audio system of the presentdisclosure is shown as a reference.

FIG. 36, illustrates the audio's triangular space created by theplacement of the mono audio playback systems in the present disclosureis shown as a reference.

FIG. 37, illustrates the mathematical formulas that allow calculate therelationship between the sound levels depending on the distance (r) areshown.

It is important to note that the embodiments illustrated in theaccompanying drawings are incorporated as an example and in no way areintended to limit the spirit and scope of the embodiments describedherein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

It is important to note that the details and elements of the differentembodiments of the present disclosure described below are mentioned asan example and for the purpose of illustrative discussion of thepreferred embodiments and are shown as the most complete description andthat allows the best understanding of the principles and conceptualaspects of the disclosure.

Likewise, it should be understood that the disclosure is not limited inits application to the details of construction and the arrangement ofthe components set forth in the following description or illustrated inthe drawings. The disclosure is applicable to other embodiments or canbe practiced or carried out in several ways. It should also beunderstood that the phraseology and terminology employed in the presentdisclosure is for the purpose of description and should not beconsidered as limiting.

For a better understanding of the present disclosure, it is necessary tounderstand what a stereophonic panning consists of, therefore, saidstereophonic panning is briefly described in the background of thisdocument.

The audio system of the present disclosure uses the word vector as adescriptive adjective of the embodiments due to the characteristics thatdefine a vector from different fields of utility, for example, a vectorcan be used to represent a physical quantity, being defined by a moduleand a direction or orientation, from a geometric interpretation, avector consists of line segments directed towards a certain side,resembling an arrow. The FIG. 6, shows how a vector can represent asound coming from or located from any specific point and with anintended direction within a delimited space, as is the case in thepresent disclosure.

The present disclosure therefore relates to a new method for generatingaudio, its related multichannel audio system, and specifically thepresent disclosure describes a new integral audio system unknown so far,and which contemplates all the necessary steps. for its realization,which has its own vector panning, the development of a unique and ownwriting/reading format, and its own vector audio reproduction equipment,as well as the physical, software and hardware means necessary toimplement This new technology.

Therefore, the present disclosure comprises at least the followingelements:

A unique panning method/process based on vectorization processesspecially designed to be materialized by the other elements that make upthe embodiments, and which will be described in detail below,

A method/process for building a unique and own audio format,

A vector audio reproduction equipment.

Vector Panning Method

The vector panning of the present disclosure, unlike a stereophonicpanning, allows audio panning that is not limited to placing sounds on asimple horizontal line, therefore, the vector panning of the presentdisclosure creates an audio image complete and in all the possibleheight and verticality in which the horizontal and vertical appreciationof the sounds in the acoustic space of the listening is extended,specifically within a panoramic field delimited by X and Y axes, whereinsaid audio image is structured by 8 stereophonic panning lines that atthe same time allow sounds to be placed in at least 25 panning pointsthat are preferred.

The vector panning of the present disclosure is comprised of variousstages or elements. It is very important to respect the specificparameters and characteristics in each of them for its operation, thesestages or elements are the following:

Spatial location,

8 stereophonic panning lines,

Panning points,

Vector panning table,

Physical mixers,

Digital mixers,

Real-time vector panning method,

Frequency adjustment method, and

4-channel audio file

Next, each of the stages or elements of the detailed vector panning willbe described.

Spatial Location

The first point to perform the vector panning of the present disclosureis to delimit a panoramic field in the physical space, which must bedelimited by the X and Y axes of a Cartesian plane.

It is important to understand that said panoramic field, preferably, butnot limited to it, must be on the front of the audio producer to definethe location of the sounds within said panoramic field, which will beappreciated in the physical space.

The panoramic field should be understood as the one or those spaces thatare decided will be the limits of the physical space in which thevectors will have their application. Physical space should be understoodas the space zone in which a listener effectively perceives the soundsgenerated and positioned at the different panning points.

Thus, the panoramic field contemplated in the present disclosure can beas wide as necessary according to the characteristics of the physicalspace where the auditory presentation will be performed, for example,either a concert in a huge esplanade or an essay in a small bar or eventhe panoramic field defined in the space of headphones; the physicalspace being represented by the cubic meters in which the sound of saidauditory presentation will be appreciated.

From the above within this panoramic field delimited by the X and Y axesof a Cartesian plane, there are multiple spatial location points, whichare located within coordinates (X, Y).

In FIG. 7, said multiple spatial location points can be seen, andspecifically, the at least 25 spatial location points within saidpanoramic field delimited by their X and Y axes. In addition, specificcoordinates can be observed to locate each one of the said at least 25spatial location points of the present disclosure, which allows a greatvariety of options to visualize and plan the location of the sounds thatwill be appreciated in the physical space.

In FIG. 8, an example of the use of said spatial location points can beobserved to place the sounds that will be appreciated in the physicalspace, where the voices are placed right at the center of the panoramicfield in a static way, while the sound of a guitar can be placed at thecoordinates (0,1) at a certain moment and at another specific moment itcan be placed at the coordinates (1,2) to achieve a movement effect.

Those skilled in the art will understand that it will be possible toplace any sound at any of the at least 25 spatial location points asdescribed above.

b) 8 Stereophonic Panning Lines.

Once the desired location of each sound in the physical space isvisualized within the panoramic field delimited by its X and Y axesdescribed above, 8 stereo panning lines will be necessary to use, whichmust be located specifically within said panoramic field, which will beused by the audio producer to reach their creative goals.

It should be noted that each of the 8 stereophonic panning lines aredelimited by a left end and a right end.

As previously described, said 8 stereo panning lines must be locatedspecifically within the panoramic field delimited by their X and Y axes,therefore, in FIG. 9, the specific position that each of 8 stereopanning lines should occupy within said panoramic field can be observedas follows:

The stereo panning lines 1-2 is placed horizontally at the top of saidpanoramic field;

The stereo panning lines 3-4 is placed horizontally at the bottom ofsaid panoramic field;

The stereo panning lines 5-6 is placed vertically on the left side ofsaid panoramic field;

The stereo panning lines 7-8 is placed vertically on the right side ofsaid panoramic field;

The stereo panning lines 9-10 is located diagonally from the lower leftcorner to the upper right corner of said panoramic field;

The stereo panning lines 11-12 is located diagonally from the upper leftcorner to the lower right corner of said panoramic field;

The stereo panning lines 13-14 is placed horizontally on the “X” axis ofsaid panoramic field;

The stereo panning lines 15-16 is positioned vertically on the “Y” axisof said panoramic field.

It should be noted that this specific position that must be occupied byeach of the 8 stereo panning lines is due to the acoustic effectproduced by the geometry formed with the 8 lines in the physical space.

Moreover, it is important to understand that each of the 8 stereopanning lines are fundamental part of the present disclosure, since theuse of them will be necessary to give each sound a selected locationwithin said panoramic field, this means that it will only be possible toplace the sounds on the 8 stereo panning lines above mentioned.

Those skilled in the art will understand by observing FIG. 9, that 6 ofthe 8 stereo panning lines must be created with the use or allocation of2 of the 4 audio channels needed in the present disclosure and that 2 ofthe 8 stereo panning lines must be created with the use or allocation ofsaid 4 audio channels necessary in the present disclosure.

c) Panoramic Points

As mentioned in the background, in a classic stereo panning, sounds canbe placed in 5 panning points, a person skilled in the art willunderstand that in said stereo panning, it is possible to place soundsin more than 5 panning points, however, the perception of listening willbe as if these sounds were placed only in these 5 panning points.

Therefore, in the vector panning of the present disclosure, sounds canbe effectively placed in the 5 panning points, but on each of the 8stereo panning lines, and said panning points will be referred to hereinas points. A, B, C, D and E for descriptive clarity purposes of thepresent disclosure.

In FIG. 10, the present disclosure shows an exemplary embodiment of the5 panning points placed on each of the respective 8 stereo panninglines, which results in a number of possible panning points, includingat least 25 different preferred panning points for the presentdisclosure.

It is important to understand that the vector panning of the presentdisclosure uses, preferably, 25 panning points, which are created on the8 stereo panning lines aforementioned, in addition, said 25 panningpoints correspond to or represent the 25 spatial location pointsdescribed in subparagraph a) of point 1) vector panning, in the presentdisclosure.

d) Vector Panning Table

As previously described, the present disclosure includes 4 audio outputchannels to perform a vector panning.

Those skilled in the art will understand that in a classic stereopanning as well known in the prior art, 2 audio output channels are usedto place 5 panning points, of which 2 correspond to physical panningpoints. (audio playback outputs) and 3 correspond to virtual panningpoints.

Unlike the above, it should be noted that in the vector panning of thepresent disclosure, 4 audio output channels are used to place the atleast 25 preferred panning points of the present disclosure, of which 4correspond to physical panning points (audio playback outputs) and 21correspond to virtual panning points.

Said 4 audio output channels used to perform the vector panning of thepresent disclosure are referred to as “V1”, “V2”, “V3” and “V4” channelfor descriptive purposes of the present disclosure. Based on theforegoing, in the present disclosure a Vector Panning Table is proposed,which is shown in FIG. 11. Said vector panning table shows the techniquedeveloped to place one or more sounds at any of the 25 panning points ofthe present disclosure, which consists in allocating a specificpercentage or percentages of sound, regardless of the volume of saidsound, in 1, 2 or 4 of said audio output channels “V1”, “V2”, “V3”, “V4”of the present disclosure, which will depend on the panning point atwhich said sound is to be placed.

Because of its relevance for the present disclosure, said vector panningtable will become a fundamental tool for audio engineers who wish tomake vector panning.

To place a sound on any of said 25 panning points of the presentdisclosure, it is necessary to assign the following sound percentages intheir corresponding audio output channels “V1”, “V2”, “V3”, “V4”:

For example, to place a sound at the panning point “1”, 100% of thatsound is sent only to the “V1” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “2”, 75% of that sound is sent tothe “V1” channel and 25% of the same sound is sent to the “V2” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “3”, 50% of that sound is sent tochannel “V1” and 50% of the same sound is sent to the “V2” channel.

To place a sound at panning point “4” 25% of that sound is sent tochannel “V1” and 75% of the same sound is sent to the “V2” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “5”, 100% of that sound is sentonly to the “V2” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “6”, 75% of that sound is sent tothe “V1” channel and 25% of the same sound is sent to the “V3” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “7”, 75% of that sound is sent tothe “V1” channel and 25% of the same sound is sent to the “V4” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “8”, 75% of the sound dividedequally is sent to the “V1 and V2” channels and 25% of the same sounddivided equally is sent to the “V3 and V4” channels.

To place a sound at the panning point “9” 75% of that sound is sent tothe “V2” channel and 25% of the same sound is sent to the “V3” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “10”, 75% of that sound is sent tothe “V2” channel and 25% of the same sound is sent to the “V4” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “11” 50% of that sound is sent tothe “V1” channel and 50% of the same sound is sent to “V3” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “12”, 75% of the sound dividedequally is sent to the “V1 and V3” channels and 25% of the same sounddivided equally is sent to the channels “V2 and V4”.

To place a sound at the panning point “13” 50% of that sound is sent tothe “V1” and “V2” channels and 50% of the same sound is sent to the “V3”and “V4” channels.

To place a sound at panning point “14” 75% of that sound is sent to the“V2 and V4” channels and 25% of the same sound is sent to “V1 and V3”channels.

To place a sound at panning point “15”, 50% of that sound is sent to the“V2” channel and 50% of the same sound is sent to the“V4” channel.

To place a sound at the “16” pan point, 25% of that sound is sent to the“V1” channel and 75% of the same sound is sent to the “V3” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “17”, 75% of that sound is sent tothe “V3” channel and 25% of the same sound is sent to the “V2” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “18”, 75% of that sound is sent tothe “V3 and V4” channels and with 25% of the same sound to the “V1 andV2” channels.

To place a sound at the panning point “19”, 25% of that sound is sent tothe “V1” channel and 75% of the same sound is sent to the “V4” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “20” 25% of that sound is sent tothe “V2” channel and 75% of the same sound is sent to the “V4” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “21”, 100% of that sound is sentonly to the “V3” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “22” 75% of that sound is sent tothe “V3” channel and 25% of the same sound is sent to the “V4” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “23”, 50% of that sound is sent tothe “V3” channel and 50% of the same sound is sent to the “V4” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “24”, 25% of that sound is sent tothe “V3” channel and 75% of the same sound is sent to the “V4” channel.

To place a sound at the panning point “25”, 100% of that sound is sentonly to the “V4” channel.

The numbers within circles in FIG. 11 indicate the number of the panningpoint. In this regard, it should be noted that it is of utmostimportance to respect the percentages of sound assigned to theircorresponding audio output channels of the present disclosure, becauseif these percentages are not strictly adhered to, the sounds could notbe placed in the 25 panning points of the present disclosure.

Those skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to performa vector panning with multiple creative variants from the principles ofthe present disclosure.

It should be noted that the sounds from said 25 panning points createperceptible harmonics for listening. These harmonics are created by thesymmetrical geometry that is formed with the distances between each ofthe 25 panning points, which causes a spatial harmony, where the soundscollide with each other and with the listener to create these harmonics.

e) Physical Mixers

The vector panning of the present disclosure is naturally implemented asa whole, for example, and not limited to this, through a pair ofphysical panning controls in physical mixers, said pair of controlsbeing one of the innovations proposed by the present disclosure. Itshould be noted that said pair of panning controls must be included ineach line or audio track of a physical mixer.

As described above, said pair of panning controls will have the functionof marking the horizontal panning axis and the vertical panning axis torepresent the panoramic field delimited by its X and Y axes in thephysical space, same panoramic field that was described in subsection a)of point 1) vector panning, in the present disclosure, therefore, bymoving said pair of panning controls, it will be possible to place anysound on any of said 25 panning points within said panoramic field alongits X and Y axes.

FIG. 12 shows in an exemplary but non-limiting way, the physicalappearance of said pair of panning controls, where the first controlnamed as (Pan V.) will function to grant the vertical location of asound within the panoramic field delimited by its X and Y axes, and thesecond control named as (Pan H.) will work to grant the horizontallocation of the same sound within said panoramic field.

In addition, the panning controls of the present disclosure comprise, inan exemplary embodiment, an electronic circuit suitable as an electronicmodule to be added to a physical mixer, which makes possible thefunctionality of said pair of panning controls. Said electronic circuithas the ability to modify the voltages of an analog signal so that thepercentage of sound corresponding to each audio output channel “V1”,“V2”, “V3”, “V4” can be provided, this in relation to the panning pointat which it was decided to place each sound.

FIGS. 13a and 13b show in an exemplary but non-limiting way saidelectronic circuit, which is represented by two schemes showing adifferent mode of operation each, a person skilled in the art willunderstand that the most convenient scheme should be used according tothe characteristics of the physical mixer to which it is required to addsaid pair of pan controls.

The scheme of the first mode of operation of said electronic circuit canbe seen in FIG. 13a , which is represented as follows:

The input “channel in 1” channel receives the audio signal from an audiotrack of a physical mixer of N numbers of channels represented bytracks, following the scheme, said audio signal enters VR1 (VariableResistance) to give a voltage represented by the concept of audio signalvolume at the input of the preamp, this in turn increases the audiosignal from 6 to 12 db to be used in the next stage.

The preamplified signal is divided into two directions and saidpreamplified signal will give the necessary signal to be able to divideit without so much loss into 2 different panning, vertical panning andhorizontal panning, this is done by means of 2 coupling capacitors C1and C2 being at these are the ones that connect to 2 different VRconnection modules (Variable Resistance); one for vertical panningcontrol and another for horizontal panning control.

Control of vertical panning: it is composed of 4 VR (VariableResistance) (VR2, VR3, VR4, VR5) interconnected, to be able to move atthe same time to each other when being controlled under the same axisbut with different polarities, also has 4 resistors impedance couplingR1, R2, R3, R4 connected in parallel input. When the audio signal of thecoupling capacitor C1 is output, it is divided into the 4 impedancecoupling resistors to the VR2, VR3, VR4, VR5 interconnected with eachother by the same axis but with different polarities, achieving withthis, that while the VR3 and VR4 raise the audio signal to the L-V andR-V audio output points, the VR2 and VR5 lower the signal of the LH andRH audio output points to ground, thereby achieving compensation anddecrease of the audio signals towards the different audio output pointsL-V, R-V, LH, RH.

Horizontal panning control: it is composed of 4 VR (Variable Resistance)(VR6, VR7, VR8, VR9) interconnected, to be able to move at the same timeto each other when being controlled under the same axis but withdifferent polarities, it also has 4 resistors impedance coupling R5, R6,R7, R8 connected in parallel input. When the audio signal of thecoupling capacitor C2 is output, it is divided into the 4 impedancecoupling resistors towards the VR6, VR7, VR8, VR9 interconnected witheach other by the same axis but with different polarities, achievingwith this, that while the VR7 and VR8 raise the audio signal to the L-Hand R-H audio output points, the VR6 and VR9 lower the ground signal ofthe L-V and R-V audio output points thereby achieving compensation anddecrease of the audio signals to the Different points of audio outputsLV, RV, LH, RH.

The scheme of the second embodiments of operation of said electroniccircuit can be seen in FIG. 13b , which is represented as follows:

The input channel in 1 channel receives the audio signal from an audiotrack of a physical mixer of N numbers of channels represented bytracks, following the scheme, said audio signal enters VR1 (VariableResistance) to give a represented voltage due to the concept of audiosignal volume at the input of the preamp, this in turn increases theaudio signal from 6 to 12 db to be used in the next stage.

The pre-amplified signal passes to an integrated circuit that will beresponsible for generating a circuit inside, as can be seen in therepresentative figure of the variable resistors VR2, VR3, VR4, VR5within said FIG. 13b , said variable resistors have in its ends, theoutputs LV, RV, LH, RH and said outputs will have everything necessaryin its integrated circuit to make the coupling properly, thus achievingthe necessary compensations and attenuations to achieve that objective.It should be noted that this is a basic scheme, which intends, in anexemplary but non-limiting manner, to make the audio signal point reachthe different outputs with their respective compensations andattenuations for proper operation.

In addition to their functionality in recording studios, said panningcontrols included in these physical mixers will be 100% necessary forlive performances or concerts, since with the use of said two panningcontrols on each line or audio track within these physical mixers, it ispossible to place any sound in an exact location or give it amultidirectional movement from top to bottom and vice versa, and fromleft to right and vice versa, thus achieving to place any sound at anyof the 25 points of panning the present disclosure within the panoramicfield delimited by its X and Y axes in a live presentation or concert.

The present disclosure therefore opens a new world of possibilities forthe experiences by those attending a live concert or presentation, towhom the music producer can direct or move the sounds in real timewithin the panoramic field at different moments of the concert so thatregardless of the place that the listener occupies, he can live anexperience of listening to critical or favorite sounds in his physicalspace.

f) Virtual Mixers

The vector panning of the present disclosure can also be performed in anexemplary but non-limiting manner, through a special plug-in that mustbe included in the virtual mixers or DAW (Digital Audio Workstations),which is proposed by the present disclosure.

Said plug-in will attach horizontal and vertical panning tools torepresent the panoramic field delimited by its X and Y axes described inpart a) of point 1) vector panning in the present disclosure, therefore,said plug-in will be configured in such a way that it is possible toplace any sound in any of the 25 panning points of the presentdisclosure within said panoramic field delimited by its X and Y axes.

FIG. 14 shows a non-limiting representation of the visual appearance ofthe graphic user interface of said VST plug-in (Virtual StudioTechnology) to be executed in the confines of a music sequencer or DAW(Digital Audio Workstation).

It should be noted that said plug-in must provide 2 virtual panningaxes, one horizontal and one vertical in each line or audio track of adigital mixer or DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), therefore, with asingle movement made through said graphic user interface, each sound canbe placed in any of said 25 panning points within said panoramic fielddelimited by its X and Y axes.

When moving the multichannel control using said graphical user interfaceof said plug-in to any direction within the panoramic field delimited byits X and Y axes, the 2 virtual horizontal and vertical panning axeswill assign the corresponding sound percentages to each audio outputchannel “V1”, “V2”, “V3”, “V4”, this in relation to the panning point atwhich it is decided to place each sound, thus giving the desiredlocation to each sound within the panoramic field delimited by its X andY axes.

g) Real-Time Vector Panning Method

The real-time vector panning method of the present disclosure aims tocapture the sound with its location that is perceived in a certainpanoramic in a real physical space. This panoramic from which the soundsthat are perceived are captured, is delimited by placing fourmicrophones that in turn form a vertical panoramic quadrangle in thedesired real space of the location to be recorded, it should be notedthat each microphone will capture the sounds that are perceived from itscorresponding location.

The type of microphones as well as the recording equipment necessary foraudio capture will depend completely on the needs in relation to thequality of the audio production being carried out, it should be notedthat what is most necessary for the correct realization of the real-timevector panning method is the quadrangular location in which themicrophones are placed to capture the sounds and perceive their exactlocation in the physical space where the recording is made.

Each of the 4 microphones will capture the content of its correspondingaudio channel “V1”, “V2”, “V3” or “V4”, therefore, these captured soundswill be reproduced through the systems of mono audio reproductionnecessary for the vector audio reproduction equipment of the presentdisclosure and said mono audio reproduction systems will emit the soundin their corresponding area according to the real-time vector panningpreviously performed.

The real-time vector panning method of the present disclosure is idealfor capturing live concerts, capturing a musical group playing togetherat the same time or for capturing sounds for any audiovisual material,that is, the real-time vector panning method is not exclusively used formusic, since you can also capture the sounds of scenes for movies,voices, natural ambient sounds, etc.

The real-time vector panning method of the present disclosure allows fora much faster vector audio production, since the panning will depend onwhere the sounds are captured at the time of applying the real-timevector panning method. It is important to understand that with thismethod it is impossible to give a movement that has not occurred duringthe capture of a particular sound in real time, for this, it would benecessary to perform a vector panning as previously described, where itis used a vector panning table and a digital mixer or a physical mixerthat includes the aforementioned tools to perform said vector panning.

h) Frequency Adjustment Method

It is notorious that the human ear has suffered wear due to theevolution and auditory contamination of modern life, for this reason wedo not clearly perceive the acute frequencies coming from the bottom ofour physical listening space in relation to our head. In view of this,the current audio systems decide to direct the bass frequencies towardsthe bottom.

The present disclosure therefore inherently presents an additionaltechnical advantage that consists in the ability of the frequencyadjustment method to allow the placement of high-pitched sounds in thelower part, such that if a high-pitched sound is located in the lowerpart in relation to listening, can be listen to with its highfrequencies from said lower part.

This method consists of making an adjustment of acute frequencies in the2 lower audio output channels vector panned by means of a physical mixeror by means of a virtual mixer, otherwise, said adjustment of the acutefrequencies can be made in the inputs of the 2 mono audio playbacksystems that are positioned at the bottom in relation to listening.

The adjustment of the high frequencies consists specifically ofincreasing from 6 to 9 decibels in each of the 2 lower audio outputchannels vector panned or in the inputs of the 2 mono audio reproductionsystems that are positioned at the bottom in relation to listening. Aperson skilled in the art will understand the range of 6 to 9 decibelsis technically justified and the precise value will depend on thereproduction equipment used.

The frequency adjustment method of the present disclosure as describedabove, allows several increased treble frequencies to gradually decreaseas the sound moves up.

i) 4 Channel Audio File

Once the vector panning was carried out, since it had been done by meansof a virtual mixer, a physical mixer or by means of the real-time vectorpanning method and after having made the frequency adjustment mentionedin the method of frequency adjustment, will result in 4 vector pannedindependent channels. These 4 channels must be merged (combined) into a4-channel .WAV file, this .WAV file is available in professional digitalmixer programs or DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) for recording studios.When the channels are combined, the parameters will be automaticallyadjusted to a multichannel output file and therefore the codec of the.WAV format will encode the four channels in a single playback file,thereby achieving a multichannel fade with 4 vector panned channels.

In order to make video productions with vector audio, it is necessary tomerge (combine) the 4 channels obtained from vector panning into a4-channel .MPG file, this file can be exported to the video editingprograms and when finished the editing is obtained the video file withthe 4-channel .MPG file merger, resulting in a new 4-channel .MPG videofile vector panned.

In order to perform the vector panning of the present disclosure it isnecessary to make precise use of the panning points described in thevector panning table, either to be done through digital mixers orthrough physical mixers, which must be comply with the necessarytechnical and operational characteristics, otherwise, make use of thereal-time vector recording method, as well as applying the frequencyadjustment method to obtain a previously 4-vector panned channel audiofile. In addition, it is also essential for the vector reproduction ofthe present disclosure in performances or live concerts, to use thephysical mixers with the specifications described above, otherwise thedesired effect will not be obtained.

2) Single Format

In an exemplary but non-limiting manner, the present disclosure uses aset of algorithms that allow coding and decoding audio files for aspecific purpose, in this case, converting vector audio files (whichhave 4 vector channels), in audio files with a unique format.

i. Coding

Once we have a 4-vector-panned. WAV audio file channel or a .MPG file inthe case of a video with 4-vector panned audio channel, encoding is donethrough an own encoder to change the .WAV or .MPG format to a uniqueformat, so that all audio files of 4 vector panned channels have aunique format to be able to make a media transmission to our owndecoder. It should be noted that when talking about media transmissionit means the ability to transfer said audio file in a single formatthrough a USB device, a wireless medium, among others.

ii. Decoding

Once we have an audio file encoded with a unique format, it will benecessary to perform a specific decoding, which is done by means of adecoder of N input bits and M output lines, said decoder will decode thepreviously encoded audio files and in conjunction with a media player,they will direct the channels of the vector audio file to the differentaudio inputs of the vector audio reproduction equipment of the presentdisclosure, which will be described in detail below.

It should be noted that said decoder must be within said multimediaplayer, which will be described later.

iii. Multimedia Player

The multimedia file player performs all the basic functions of a player,such as reading, playing, stopping, forwarding, delaying and controllingthe volume of an audio file, in addition, said multimedia playerincludes the mentioned decoder that contains the necessary algorithmsfor decode the previously encoded audio files, thus, the multimedia fileplayer and said decoder, working together, direct the audio outputchannels V1, V2, V3 and V4 of the decoded vector audio file to theinputs of audio of the vector audio reproduction equipment of thepresent disclosure for correct reproduction, the addressing is done inrelation to the vector panning performed in the production of saidvector audio file.

Preferably, non limiting manner, the multimedia player can onlyreproduce the vector audio files having the unique format abovementioned, therefore, preferably, and without limiting it, said audioformat can be considered as a unique and exclusive format for saidmultimedia player which can be considered as a unique and exclusivemultimedia player for said audio format.

The multimedia player can work as a separate multimedia player or itcould also be included in the vector audio reproduction equipment of thepresent disclosure, which will be described in detail below.

FIG. 15 shows a flow chart showing the transition of the elements usedin encoding, decoding and multimedia player in accordance with what hasbeen described above.

ii) Vector Playback Equipment

The present disclosure further includes its own vector audio playbackequipment. In order to play audios made with the vector panning of thepresent disclosure, it is necessary to make exclusive use of said vectoraudio reproduction equipment, which will be described in detail asfollows:

First, it is important to understand that audio productions made withthe vector panning of the present disclosure have 4 audio channelsvector panned, which are referred to herein as “V1”, “V2”, “V3” and “V4channels.” Therefore, said vector audio reproduction equipment hasspecific features and a joint operation that allow it to correctlyreproduce said 4 vector-panned audio channels.

The vector playback equipment of the present disclosure uses only monoaudio reproduction systems. The technical and economic advantages ofusing this type of mono audio reproduction systems of less complexitythan stereo systems are evident to a person skilled in the art. Thevector audio playback equipment of the present disclosure uses monoaudio reproduction systems to obtain better performance in power,balance and functionality. It should be mentioned that each of the monoaudio reproduction systems used to reproduce vector-panned audios musthave its own independent amplifier, its own speakers and its ownadjustment control in order to perform the frequency adjust method asmentioned in subsection h) of point 1) vector panning in the presentdisclosure.

Moreover, the playback equipment of the current audio systems, emittheir frequencies in a specific way: Bass in the lower or bottom part,Medium in the middle part and Treble in the upper or top part,therefore, the vertical location of the sound always depends on thefrequency it has.

On the other hand, the vector audio playback equipment of the presentdisclosure comprises mono audio reproduction systems, which are capableof emitting a full frequency range of treble, medium and bass each;therefore, you can appreciate any frequency range at any point withinthe panoramic field delimited by the position of said mono audioreproduction systems, additionally, the sounds will be heard in theirdesignated location regardless of the frequencies they have. Due to theabove, the vector audio playback equipment of the present disclosuredoes not need any subwoofer, with all the technical, economic,transpote, etc. advantages being evident.

The vector audio playback equipment is a fundamental part of the presentdisclosure, since otherwise, if any other audio reproduction equipmentis used to playback vector-panned audios, the effect intended by theaudio producer when performing vector panning will not be achieved.

The vector audio playback equipment works in 3 different embodiments,which offers options that can be better adapted to the needs orrequirements of the listening, in all 3 embodiments mono audioreproduction systems are used with all characteristics previouslymentioned. In addition, in said 3 embodiments, said 4 vector channels ofV1, V2, V3 and V4 are correctly reproduced, which were obtained afterperforming the vector panning of the present disclosure. Therefore, thevector audio playback equipment of the present disclosure works with thefollowing 3 embodiments:

Embodiment 1 (4 mono audio playback systems)

Embodiment 2 (4 mono audio playback systems)

Embodiment 3 (6 mono audio playback systems)

The characteristics and specifications necessary for each of the 3embodiments are described in detail as follows, in which, what isdescribed represents the preferred arrangement and embodiments toachieve a maximum point of appreciation, however, as can be understood,additional embodiments derived from the adjustment of values, position,angles and other possible variables are also included within the scopeof the present disclosure:

Embodiment 1

The vector panning of the present disclosure creates 4 vector-pannedchannels, which are referred herein as “V1”, “V2”, “V3” and “V4”channels, therefore, in embodiment 1 comprises the use of 4 mono audioplayback systems so that each one emits its corresponding vector-pannedchannel.

The 4 mono audio reproduction systems must be strategically positionedin the acoustic space of the listener, forming a quadrilateral orvertical quadrangle, where each of said mono audio reproduction systemsmust emit its corresponding vector-panned channel, as shown for examplein FIG. 16, wherein;

A mono audio playback system called left-up is positioned in the upperleft and corresponds to channel V1;

A mono audio playback system called right-up is positioned in the upperright and corresponds to the V2 channel;

A mono audio playback system called left-down is positioned in the lowerleft and corresponds to the V3 channel; and

A mono audio playback system called right-down is positioned in thelower right and corresponds to the V4 channel.

In the embodiment 4 of the vector audio playback equipment of thepresent disclosure, said 4 mono audio reproduction systems should beplaced preferably, non-limiting, specifically in relation to listening,as shown in FIG. 17, where;

A first mono audio reproduction system called left-down is arranged onthe left side of the listener and at floor level, a second mono audioreproduction system denominated as right-down is disposed on the rightside of the listener at floor level. The distance between the listenerand the left-down mono audio reproduction system in a preferred manner,non limiting, will be the same between the listener and the right-downmono audio reproduction system and this will depend on the panoramicamplitude wished to perceive and the space available to install saidvector audio playback equipment. A third mono audio reproduction systemcalled left-up is arranged vertically aligned with respect to the monoleft-down audio reproduction system and at a height delimited by twicethe distance between the listener's head and the floor, a fourth systemof mono audio reproduction called right-up is arranged verticallyaligned with respect to the right-down mono audio reproduction systemand at a height defined by twice the distance between the head of thelistener and the floor.

Another relevant aspect for the correct arrangement of the vector audioplayback equipment of the present disclosure in said Embodiment 1,correspond to the left mono audio reproduction systems must be directedto their corresponding right mono audio reproduction systems, this meansthat the left-down mono audio reproduction system must be directed tothe right-down mono audio reproduction system and vice versa and theleft-up mono audio reproduction system must be directed towards the monoright-up audio reproduction system vice versa. Moreover, the listenermust be located right in the middle between the left mono audioreproduction systems in relation to the right mono audio reproductionsystems, so that the sounds collide with each other and with thelistener.

As previously mentioned, each mono audio playback system transmits afull frequency range of treble, mid and bass, and said mono audioreproduction systems must be positioned at certain angles and distancesfrom each other and in relation to listener.

Embodiment 2

In relation to Embodiment 1, the vector panning of the presentdisclosure creates 4 vector-panned channels “V1”, “V2”, “V3” and “V4”,therefore, Embodiment 2 also uses 4 mono audio playback systems so thateach one emits its corresponding vector-panned channel, in addition,said mono audio playback systems must also be placed forming aquadrilateral or vertical quadrangle in the acoustic space of thelistener.

In Embodiment 2, said 4 mono audio playback systems should be placedpreferably, and not limited thereto, specifically in relation tolistener, as shown in FIG. 18, where;

A first mono audio playback system called left-down is arranged in theleft front part of the listener and at floor level, a second mono audioreproduction system denominated as right-down is arranged in the rightfront part of the listener and at floor level.

A third mono audio reproduction system called left-up is arrangedvertically aligned with respect to the mono left-down audio reproductionsystem and preferably at a delimited height, for example, by twice thedistance between the head of the listening and the floor, a fourth monoaudio reproduction system called right-up is arranged vertically alignedwith respect to the right-down mono audio playback system and at aheight delimited by twice the distance between the listener's head andthe I usually.

Furthermore, FIG. 18 shows preferably, non-limiting, an isoscelestriangle must be formed between the listener and the mono audio playbacksystems, where; the first corner of said formed triangle is representedby the left mono audio playback systems, and the second corner of saidformed triangle is represented by the right mono audio playback systems,therefore, the 3rd corner of said formed triangle It is represented bythe listener.

Based on the foregoing described, it can be understood that the distancebetween the left mono audio playback systems and the right mono audioplayback systems will depend on the panoramic amplitude that a personwishes to perceive and on the space available to install said playbackequipment. In addition, it is possible to understand that the distancebetween the listener and the mono audio playback systems left-down,right-down, left-up and right-up will be delimited by respecting theinternal angles of the formed triangle, moreover it can be understoodthat the distance between the listener and the left mono audio playbacksystems must be the same between the listener and the right mono audioplayback systems.

In the Embodiment 2, the listener, in the preferred aspect, is locatedjust in front of the 4 mono audio playback systems and said mono audioplayback systems: left-down, right-down, left-up and right-up should beoriented relatively facing the listener.

Embodiment 3

In Embodiment 3 there is an important difference in relation to theprevious Embodiments, since in the present it is possible to reproducethe 4 audio channels V1, V2, V3 and V4 through 6 mono audio playbacksystems.

It is necessary to understand that in order to achieve the abovedescribed, an intervention must be carried out in the process of vectoraudio playback, specifically at the moment in which the multimediaplayer as proposed by the present disclosure directs said audio outputchannels V1, V2, V3 and V4 towards their corresponding mono audioplayback systems. FIG. 19 shows, for example, non-limiting, how thisintervention occurs, which is described below.

Therefore, said intervention consists in said multimedia playerdirecting the higher audio output channels V1 and V2 to the inputs of afirst triangular audio system, which will perform an assignment ofpanning values to obtain 3 output channels of audio, which will berouted to the audio inputs of the 3 mono audio playback systems thatmust be placed on top in relation to the listener.

In this sense, said multimedia player must direct the lower audio outputchannels V3 and V4 to the inputs of a second triangular audio system,which will perform an assignment of panned values to obtain 3 channelsof audio output, which will be addressed to the inputs of the 3 monoaudio playback systems that must be placed at the bottom in relation tothe listener.

FIG. 20 shows the arrangement of the 6 mono audio playback systemsnecessary for the present Embodiment 3, where 3 of them are placed atthe top and 3 at the bottom, which will be described in detail below.

The assignment of panning values performed by each triangular audiosystem will be explained in detail below:

Such an audio triangular system is based in the structure of panning inthe stereophonic mix, said audio triangular system uses 2 input audiochannels and 3 output mono audio playback systems, also creates anassignment of panning values to obtain the audio signals correspondingto each one of the three mono audio playback systems, it is important tomention that the interaction of the audio signals obtained from theprevious assignment of values causes the triangular effect of thepresent disclosure, additionally, the previously mentioned 3 mono audioplayback systems must be capable of reproduce a full frequency range oftreble, mid and bass tones each one, furthermore, said mono audioplayback systems should be located at a certain distance and angles fromeach other and in relation to the listener.

This audio triangular system is based on the panning structure of musicin stereophony to create a triangular effect in a form of semicirclewith the stereophonic music or any stereophonic audio.

This audio triangular system comprise of a process of an assignment ofvalues to obtain the audio signals corresponding to each one of the 3mono audio playback systems, where the audio signal's interactioncreates physical and virtual panning points to what we call as thetriangular effect of the present disclosure, also, the audio triangularsystem comprises of 2 input audio channels and 3 output mono audioplayback systems capable to emit a full range of treble, mid and bassfrequencies each one so the use of a sub-woofer is unnecessary. Theaudio triangle system is also characterized because the 3 mono audioplayback systems are located at a certain distance and angles from eachother and in relation to the listener.

In another embodiment, the audio triangular system further comprises aprocessor, and a non-transient computer readable medium programmed withcomputer readable code that upon execution by the processor causes theprocessor to execute a method of assignment of panning values to obtainthe audio signals for each one of the three mono audio playback systems.

In another embodiment, the audio triangular system, comprises also a wayto execute the process of assignment of panning values through hardwareto obtain the audio signals corresponding to each mono audio playbacksystem.

It is important to mention that said triangular effect of the presentdisclosure can be done with the interaction of sound in the acousticspace to create a plurality of physical and virtual panning points, itis important to mention that said audio triangular effect of the presentdisclosure can also be executed through hardware with the interaction ofsignals obtained in the process of assignment of values, both ways tocreate the audio triangular effect, i.e. through acoustic space andthrough hardware, will be deeply described later in this document.

The audio triangular system is applied to 2 input audio channels to betransmitted in 3 output mono audio playback systems, by this way, theaudio triangular system is created from 5 to up to “n” panning audiopoints which are formed by 3 physical points and from 2 up to “n”virtual points. This can be observed in FIG. 24

In an exemplary, but not limitative embodiment of the presentdisclosure, it will be described an audio triangular system 100 that hasthree physical points named “A”, “B” and “C”, and two virtual pointsnamed “D” and “E”; nevertheless, a person skilled in the art willunderstand that the audio triangular system 100 can locate an “n” numberof virtual panning points in a single atmospheric plane of 180°,creating the sensation of space and body for the sounds and instruments,providing realism and quality for the sound recorded and mixedstereophonically.

It is essential to provide the three mono audio playback systems andthat the 3 emit a full range of treble, mid and bass tones. The monoaudio playback systems must be of the same size and power and must becalibrated to each other in relation to the volume and frequenciesemitted by each one. Therefore, using mono audio playback systems thatdo not comply with all the above-mentioned parameters will not work forthe audio triangular system 100.

Assignment of Panning Values to Obtain the Audio Signals Correspondingto Each One of the Three Mono Audio Playback Systems.

Once the physical representation of the audio triangular system 100 hasbeen mentioned, it is necessary to mention another important aspect ofthe present disclosure: the method 200 of selection and assignment ofvalues to obtain the audio signals corresponding to each one of the monoaudio playback systems of the audio triangular system 100. The means forcarrying out said values selection and assignment are well known by aperson skilled in the art; some illustrative, but non-limiting examplesof this means are, i.e., software elements such as sequencers,multitrack producer, expanders, phaser modulation, compressor limiters,maximizers, swap channels, surround fuse and commercial plugins, orhardware elements such as sequencers, mono mixer consoles, phase matrix,stereo widener, vocal remove, etc. In an exemplary embodiment, acomputer system 300 for selecting and assigning values to obtain theaudio signals corresponding to each one of the mono audio playbacksystems, which will be detailed below, may be included in the audiotriangular system 100. Also, in an exemplary embodiment, a hardwaresystem 400 for selecting and assigning values to obtain the audiosignals corresponding to each one of the mono audio playback systems,which will be detailed below, may be included in the audio triangularsystem 100.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present method 200, we create theAssignment of values to obtain the audio signals corresponding to eachof the three mono audio playback systems in accordance with thefollowing process, wherein:

A, B, C, D, E=Panning points

L=Left Channel

R=Right Channel

Δ=Audio triangular effect

=Merge

=Interaction

wherein:

L=(A100/D75/C50/E25)

R=(D25/C50/E75/B100)

Embodiment 1

Z₂=Audio signal for the front mono system

X₂=Audio signal for the left lateral mono system

Y₂=Audio signal for the right lateral mono system

Embodiment 2

Z₃=Audio signal for the front mono system

X₃=Audio signal for the left lateral mono system

Y₃=Audio signal for the right lateral mono system

Process of Assignment of Panning Values to Obtain the Audio SignalsCorresponding to Each One of the Three Mono Audio Playback Systems.

wherein:L

R=Z ₂(A100/D75/C50/E25)

(D25/C50/E75/B100)=(A100/D100/C100/E100/B100)=Z ₂wherein:

180°=W(D25/C50/E75/B100)

180°=(−D25/−C50/−E75/−B100)=Wwherein:W

L=X ₂(−D25/−C50/−E75/−B100)

(A100/D75/C50/E25)=(A100/D50/−E50/−B100)=X ₂whereinX ₂

L=X ₃(A100/D50/−E50/−B100)

(A100/D75/C50/E25)=(A200/D125/C50/−E25/−B100)=X ₃whereinL

180°=M(A100/D75/C50/E25)

180°=(−A100/−D75/−C50/−E25)=MwhereinM

R=Y ₂(−A100/−D75/−C50/−E25)

(D25/C50/E75/B100)=(−A100/−D50/E50/B100)=Y ₂whereinY ₂

R=Y ₃(−A100/−D50/E50/B100)

(D25/C50/E75/B100)=(−A100/−D25/C50/E125/B200)=Y ₃whereinX ₃

Y ₃ =Z ₃(A200/D125/C50/−E25/−B100)

(−A100/−D25/C50/E125/B200)=(A100/D100/C100/E100/B100)=Z ₃

Explanation of the Process of Assignment of Panning Values to Obtain theAudio Signals Corresponding to Each One of the Three Mono Audio PlaybackSystems.

wherein:L

R=Z ₂Left Channel L=(panning point A100%+panning point D75%+panning pointC50%+panning point E25%) merged with Right Channel R=(panning pointD25%+panning point C50%+panning point E75%+panning point B100%) resultsin (panning point A100%+panning point D100%+panning point C100%+panningpoint E100%+panning point B100%) what is named as audio signal for thefront mono system=Z ₂.wherein:R

180°=WRight Channel R=(panning point D25%+panning point C50%+panning pointE75%+panning point B100%) merged at 180° results in =(panningpoint−D25%+panning point−C50%+panning point−E75%+panning point−B100%)what is named as phase W.wherein:W

L=X ₂Phase W=(panning point−D25%+panning point−C50%+panningpoint−E75%+panning point−B100%) merged with Left Channel L=(panningpoint A100%+panning point D75%+panning point C50%+panning point E25%)results in =(panning point A100%+panning point D50%+panningpoint−E50%+panning point−B100%) what is named as audio signal for theleft lateral mono system=X ₂.Wherein:X ₂

L=X ₃Audio signal for the left lateral mono system X ₂=(panning pointA100%+panning point D50%+panning point−E50%+panning point−B100%) mergedwith left channel L=(panning point A100%+panning point D75%+panningpoint C50%+panning point E25%) results in =(panning point A200%+panningpoint D125%+panning point C50%+panning point−E25%+panning point−B100%)what is named as audio signal for the left lateral mono system=X ₃.whereinL

180°=MLeft channel L=(panning point A100%+panning point D75%+panning pointC50%+panning point E25%) merged at 180° results in =(panningpoint−A100%+panning point−D75%+panning point−C50%+panning point−E25%)what is named as phase M.whereinM

R=Y ₂Phase M=(panning point−A100%+panning point−D75%+panningpoint−C50%+panning point−E25%) merged with right channel R=(panningpoint D25%+panning point C50%+panning point E75%+panning point B100%)results in =(panning point−A100%+panning point−D50%+panning pointE50%+panning point B100%) what is named as audio signal for the rightlateral mono system=Y ₂whereinY ₂

R=Y ₃Audio Signal for the right lateral mono system Y ₂=(panningpoint−A100%+panning point−D50%+panning point E50%+panning point B100%)merged with right channel R=(panning point D25%+panning pointC50%+panning point E75%+panning point B100%) results in =(panningpoint−A100%+panning point−D25%+panning point C50%+panning pointE125%+panning point B200%) what is named as audio signal for the rightlateral mono system=Y ₃whereinX ₃

Y ₃ =Z ₃Audio signal for the left lateral mono system X ₃=(panning pointA200%+panning point D125%+panning point C50%+panning point−E25%+panningpoint−B100%) merged with audio signal for the right lateral mono systemY ₃=(panning point−A100%+panning point−D25%+panning point C50%+panningpoint E125%+panning point B200%) results in =(panning pointA100%+panning point D100%+panning point C100%+panning pointE100%+panning point B100%) what is named as audio signal for the frontmono system=Z ₃

It is important to mention that said process of assignment of valuesdescribed before, can be done through software of through hardware, bothembodiments will be explained later in this document.

Audio Triangular Effect of the Present Disclosure for its TwoEmbodiments: Embodiment X₂, Z₂, Y₂ and Embodiment X₃, Z₃, Y₃

Explanation of the Audio Triangular Effect in Embodiment X₂Z₂Y₂

The interaction of the audio signals X₂, Z₂ and Y₂ causes the triangulareffect in each one of the mono audio playback systems, which results inthe appreciation of the panning points A, D, C, E, B in the boundariesof the formed triangle, as it is represented in the FIG. 25

wherein:

X₂

Z₂=ΔX₂=AD

Y₂

Z₂=ΔY₂=BE

Z₂

X₂

Y₂=ΔZ₂=CDE

wherein:

The audio signal for the left lateral mono system X₂ in interaction withthe audio signal for the front mono system Z₂ results in the triangulareffect ΔX₂ for creating the panning points “AD”.

wherein:

The audio signal for the right lateral mono system Y₂ in interactionwith the audio signal for the front mono system Z₂ results in thetriangular effect ΔY₂ for creating the panning points “BE”.

wherein:

The audio signal for the left lateral mono system X₂ in interaction withthe audio signal for the front mono system Z₂ and at the same time theaudio signal for the right lateral mono system Y₂ in interaction withthe audio signal for the front mono audio system Z₂ results in thetriangular effect ΔZ₂ for creating the panning points “CDE”.

wherein:

${\overset{X_{2}}{\left( {A\;{100/D}\;{50/{- E}}\;{50/{- B}}\; 100} \right)}\mspace{14mu}\overset{Z_{2}}{\left( {A\;{100/D}\;{100/C}\;{100/E}\;{100/B}\; 100} \right)}\mspace{11mu}\overset{Y_{2}}{\mspace{11mu}\left( {{- A}\;{100/{- D}}\;{50/E}\;{50/B}\; 100} \right)}} = {\overset{\Delta\; X_{2}}{\left( {A\;{100/D}\; 50} \right)}\overset{\Delta\; Z_{2}}{\;\left( {D\;{50/C}\;{100/E}\; 50} \right)\;}\overset{\Delta\; Y_{2}}{\left( {E\;{50/B}\; 100} \right)}}$

wherein:

The audio signal for the left lateral mono system X₂=(panning pointA100%+panning point D50%+panning point−E50%+panning point−B100%) ininteraction with the audio signal for the front mono system Z₂=(panningpoint A100%+panning point D100%+panning point C100%+panning pointE100%+panning point B100%) in interaction with the audio signal rightlateral mono system Y₂=(panning point−A100%+panning point−D50%+panningpoint E50%+panning point B100%) results in the triangular effects:

Triangular effect ΔX₂=(panning point A100%+panning point D50%)

Triangular effect ΔZ₂=(panning point D50%+panning point C100%+panningpoint E50%)

Triangular effect ΔY₂=(panning point E50%+panning point B100%)

Explanation of the audio triangular effect in embodiment X₃Z₃Y₃

The interaction of the audio signals X₃, Z₃ and Y₃ causes that thetriangular effect in each one of the mono audio systems, which resultsin the appreciation of the panning points A, D, C, E, B in theboundaries of the formed triangle, as it is represented in the FIG. 26

Wherein:

X₃

Z₃=ΔX₃=AD

Y₃

Z₃=ΔY₃=BE

Z₃

X₃

Y₃=ΔZ₃=CDE

wherein:

The audio signal for the left lateral mono system X₃ in interaction withthe audio signal for the front mono system Z₃, results in the triangulareffect ΔX₃ creating the panning points “AD”.

wherein

The audio signal for the right lateral mono system Y₃ in interactionwith the audio signal for the front mono system Z₃ results in thetriangular effect ΔY₃ for creating the panning points “BE”.

wherein:

The audio signal for the left lateral mono system X₃ in interaction withthe audio signal for the front mono system Z₃ and at the same time theaudio signal for the right lateral mono system Y₃ in interaction withthe audio signal for the front mono audio system Z₃ results in thetriangular effect ΔZ3 for creating the panning points “CDE”.

wherein

$\overset{X_{3}}{\left( {A\;{200/D}\;{125/C}\;{50/{- E}}\;{25/{- B}}\; 100} \right)}\mspace{14mu}\mspace{160mu}\overset{Z_{3}}{\left( {A\;{100/D}\;{100/C}\;{100/E}\;{100/B}\; 100} \right)}$$\mspace{124mu}\overset{Y_{3}}{\mspace{34mu}\left( {{- A}\;{100/{- D}}\;{25/C}\;{50/E}\;{125/B}\; 200} \right)}$$\mspace{265mu}{\overset{\Delta\; X_{3}}{= \left( {A\;{200/D}\; 125} \right)}\overset{\Delta\; Z_{3}}{\;\left( {D\;{75/C}\;{200/E}\; 75} \right)\;}\overset{\Delta\; Y_{3}}{\left( {E\;{125/B}\; 200} \right)}}$

wherein

The audio signal for the left mono lateral system X₃=(panning pointA200%+panning point D125%+panning point C50%+panning point−E25%+panningpoint−B100%) in interaction with the audio signal for the front monosystem Z₃=(panning point A100%+panning point D100%+panning pointC100%+panning point E100%+panning point B100%) in interaction with audiosignal for the right lateral mono system Y₃=(panning point−A100%+panningpoint−D25%+panning point C50%+panning point E125%+panning point B200%)results in the triangular effects:

Triangular effect ΔX₃=(panning point A200%+panning point D125%)

Triangular effect ΔZ₃=(panning point D75%+panning point C200%+panningpoint E75%)

Triangular effect ΔY₃=(panning point E125%+panning point B200%)

In the FIGS. 27 and 28, it is shown the representation of the valuesapplied to the mono audio playback systems in its two embodiments,respectively.

It is important to mention that said triangular effect described beforecan be done through the acoustic space and also can be done throughhardware, both embodiments will be explained later in this document.

The reason why we do said assignment of values is unique and precise, asit allows placing the panning points corresponding to each mono audioplayback system in the indicated position, also with the interaction ofaudio signals we generate the audio triangular effect of the presentdisclosure. If the assignment of values and the interaction of audiosignals are not carried out properly, the audio triangular system 100cannot be effective, so that what is described above as the assignmentof values and audio triangular effect can be important essential forthis disclosure.

Assignment of Panning Values Through Software

It is important to mention that the Process of Assignment of values toobtain the audio signals corresponding to each one of the three monoaudio playback systems described before, can be made through softwareand it can be applied to both embodiments X₂ Z₂ Y₂ and X₃ Z₃ Y₃ of thepresent disclosure. In an exemplary but not limitative manner, thenecessary elements to carry out said process of assigning values throughsoftware are shown.

FIG. 29 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of acomputing system 300 for assigning values to obtain the audio signalscorresponding to each one of the mono audio playback systems. Thecomputing system 300 may be used to implement embodiments of portions ofthe audio triangular system 100, or in carrying out embodiments of themethod 200.

The computing system 300 is generally a computing system that includes aprocessing system 306, a storage system 304, software 302, acommunication interface 308, and a user interface 310. The processingsystem 306 loads and executes software 302 from the storage system 304,including a software module 320. When executed by computing system 300,software module 320 directs the processing system 306 to operate asdescribed in herein in further detail in accordance with the abovemethod 200.

The computing system 300 includes a software module 320 for executingmethod 200. Although computing system 300 as depicted in FIG. 18includes one software module 320 in the present example, it should beunderstood that more modules could provide the same operation.Similarly, while the description as provided herein refers to acomputing system 300 and a processing system 306, it is to be recognizedthat implementations of such systems can be performed using one or moreprocessors, which may be communicatively connected, and suchimplementations are considered to be within the scope of thedescription. It is also contemplated that these components of computingsystem 300 may be operating in a number of physical locations.

The processing system 306 can comprise a microprocessor and othercircuitry that retrieves and executes software 302 from storage system304. The processing system 306 can be implemented within a singleprocessing device but can also be distributed across multiple processingdevices or sub-systems that cooperate in existing program instructions.Non-limiting examples of processing systems 306 include general purposecentral processing units, application specific processors, and logicdevices, as well as any other type of processing device, combinations ofprocessing devices, or variations thereof.

The storage system 304 can comprise any storage media readable byprocessing system 306, and capable of storing software 302. The storagesystem 304 can include volatile and non-volatile, removable andnon-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storageof information, such as computer readable instructions, data structures,program modules, or other information. The storage system 304 can beimplemented as a single storage device but may also be implementedacross multiple storage devices or sub-systems. The storage system 304can further include additional elements, such a controller capable ofcommunicating with the processing system 306.

Non-limiting examples of storage media include random access memory,read only memory, magnetic discs, optical discs, flash memory, virtualmemory, and non-virtual memory, magnetic sets, magnetic tape, magneticdisc storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other mediumwhich can be used to store the desired information and that may beaccessed by an instruction execution system, as well as any combinationor variation thereof, or any other type of storage medium. In someimplementations, the storage media can be a non-transitory storagemedia. In some implementations, at least a portion of the storage mediamay be transitory. Storage media may be internal or external tocomputing system 300.

As described in further detail herein, computing system 300 receives andtransmits data through communication interface 308, particularly valuesfor the stereophonic panning points which may be transmitted to thethree mono audio playback output systems. The data can also include anyof the above data used to set up or modify system 100, any calculatedquantities or levels, and/or any other data that may pertain to system100. In embodiments, the communication interface 308 also operates tosend and/or receive information, such as, but not limited to, additionalinformation to/from other systems to which computing system 300 iscommunicatively connected, input related to derived and/or calculateddata, and/or any additional information that may pertain to system 100.

The user interface 310 can include one or more of a mouse, a keyboard, avoice input device, a touch input device for receiving a gesture from auser, a motion input device for detecting non-touch gestures and othermotions by a user, and/or other comparable input devices and associatedprocessing elements capable of receiving user input from a user. Outputdevices such as a video display or graphical display can display one ormore of the selectable embodiments, values for the stereophonic panningpoints, or another interface further associated with embodiments of thesystem and method as disclosed herein. Speakers, printers, hapticdevices and other types of output devices may also be included in theuser interface 310. Users or other staff can communicate with computingsystem 300 through the user interface 310 in order to view derivedand/or calculated data, to enter or receive any other data or additionalinformation, or any number of other tasks the user may want to completewith computing system 300.

Assignment of Panning Values Through Hardware

It is important to mention that the Process of Assignment of values toobtain the audio signals corresponding to each one of the three monoaudio playback systems described before, can also be made throughhardware and it can be applied to both embodiments X₂ Z₂ Y₂ and X₃ Z₃ Y₃of the present disclosure. In an exemplary but not limitative manner,the necessary elements to carry out said process of assigning valuesthrough hardware are shown.

The FIG. 30 illustrate a block diagram representing an exemplaryembodiment of a hardware system 400 for assigning values to obtain theaudio signal corresponding to each one of the three mono audio playbacksystems.

The hardware system 400 includes and uses a hardware audio multiplier410, at least a first audio modulator hardware 421, at least a secondaudio modulator hardware 422, at least a third audio modulator hardware423, at least a first audio splitter out hardware 431, at least a secondaudio splitter out hardware 432, at least a third audio splitter outhardware 433.

The audio multiplier hardware 410 receives a stereophonic audio signaland replicate said signal in order to send the same to each one of theat least three audio modulators hardware 421, 422 and 423.

The first audio modulator hardware 421 modulates the stereophonic audiosignal received by the same in order to convert said signal into a firstmodulated audio signal AB, the second audio modulator hardware 422modulates the stereophonic audio signal received by the same in order toconvert said signal into a second modulated audio signal ACB, the thirdaudio modulator hardware 423 modulates the stereophonic audio signalreceived by the same in order to convert said signal into a thirdmodulated audio signal BA.

The first audio modulator hardware 421 send the first modulated audiosignal AB to the first audio splitter out hardware 431, which dividesthe audio signal received in order to convert said signal into a newaudio signal X to reproduce the same in its corresponding left monoaudio playback system.

The second audio modulator hardware 422 send the second modulated audiosignal ACB to the second audio splitter out hardware 432, which dividesthe audio signal received by the same in order to convert said signalinto a new audio signal Z to reproduce the same in its correspondingfront central mono audio playback system.

The third audio modulator hardware 423 send the third modulated audiosignal BA to the third audio splitter out hardware 433, which dividesthe audio signal received by the same in order to convert said signalinto a new audio signal Y to reproduce the same in its correspondingright mono audio playback system.

It is important to mention that the principal objective of said processto create the assignment of values through hardware is to obtain theaudio signals X, Z and Y for any of the both embodiments X₂, Z₂, Y₂ andembodiment X₃, Z₃, Y₃, those audio signals correspond to each one of thethree mono audio playback systems of the present disclosure.

To illustrate the result of the audio signals obtained from theassignment of values described above, the following graphic captures ofthe audio lines of both modalities were made.

The FIGS. 31a and 31b illustrate a graphic representation that showgraphic results for both embodiments X₂, Z₂, Y₂ and X₃, Z₃, Y₃ after therealization of the previous said assignment of values to obtain theaudio signal corresponding to each one of the three mono audio playbacksystems, therefore, the FIGS. 31a and 31b allow us to appreciate thegraphic representation of the audio signal of each channel out to seethe differences obtained between both embodiments of the presentdisclosure: embodiment X₂, Z₂, Y₂ and X₃, Z₃, Y₃. It is important tomention that said assignment of values to obtain the audio signals foreach one of the mono audio playback systems for each one of the twoembodiments could have been done through software or through hardware asdescribed before in this document.

Triangular Effect Through the Acoustic Space

It is important to mention that the triangular audio effect of thepresent disclosure described before can be done in the acoustic space ofthe listener, this means that it occurs during the appreciation of thesound being reproduced by the triangular audio system, said triangulareffect in the acoustic space works for both embodiments X₂Z₂Y₂ andembodiment X₃Z₃Y₃ of the present disclosure, in addition, it is just aseffective if the previous assignment of values was made through softwareor hardware. In an exemplary but no limitative manner, the interactionof the values of the audio signals coming out of each mono audioplayback system in the acoustic space is shown to achieve the triangularaudio effect.

The front central mono audio playback system interacts with both theleft lateral mono audio playback system and the right lateral mono audioplayback system, but the lateral mono systems never interact with eachother, this is because the distance between them is almost twice thedistance that they have with the front central mono system, this is veryimportant, because if they do not meet the required distance, theinteraction of the values of the audio signals coming out of each one ofthe mono audio playback system will not be made in the physical spacecorrectly, and the body and panning of the sound cannot be created.

The interaction process of the values of the audio signals coming out ofeach one of the mono audio playback systems makes that the negatives ofeach letter interact with the positives of the same letter, resulting inthe five main points of panning obtained in the following way:

Interaction of the Values of the Audio Signals Coming Out of Each One ofthe Three Mono Audio Playback Systems to Create the Triangular Effect inBoth Embodiments.

The elimination in the triangular physical space occurs with theinteraction of panning percentages between the lateral mono audioplayback systems with central mono audio playback systems, starting withthe elimination of negative percentages with the positives as shown inFIGS. 32a and 32b that can be used as reference in the explanation ofthe following two embodiments.

Explanation of Embodiment X₂, Z₂, Y₂

The −B100 value of the left lateral mono audio playback system iseliminated by interacting with the B100 of the front central mono audioplayback system, eliminating completely both values for both mono audioplayback systems in the triangular audio space.

The −A100 value of the right lateral mono audio playback systemeliminates the A100 value of the front central mono audio playbacksystem, eliminating completely both values for both mono audio playbacksystems in the triangular audio space.

The −E50 value of the left lateral mono audio playback system iseliminated by interacting with the E100 of the front central mono audioplayback system, leaving a new value for the front central mono audioplayback system E50. This new E50 value can now interact with the E50value of the right lateral mono audio playback system, as being theresult of a previous interaction, the positives can be added throwingthe new virtual audio point with its new E100 value in the triangularaudio space.

The −D50 value of the right lateral mono audio playback system iseliminated by interacting with the D100 of the front central mono audioplayback system, leaving a new value for the front central mono audioplayback system D50. This new D50 value can now interact with the D50value of the left lateral mono audio playback system, as being theresult of a previous interaction, the positives can be added throwingthe new virtual audio point with its new D100 value in the triangularaudio space.

The C0 value of the left lateral mono audio playback system cannotinteract with the front central mono audio playback system because itsvalue is 0.

The C0 value of the right lateral mono audio playback system cannotinteract with the front central mono audio playback system because itsvalue is 0.

The A100 value of the left lateral mono audio playback system cannoteliminate any value from the front central mono audio playback systemsince the A100 contained by the front central mono audio playback systemhas already been previously eliminated. Now the only point that willcontain the A100 value will be the left lateral mono audio playbacksystem in the triangular audio space.

The B100 value of the right lateral mono audio playback system cannoteliminate any value from the front central mono audio playback systemsince the B100 contained by the front central mono audio playback systemhas already been previously eliminated. Now the only point that willcontain the B100 value is the right lateral mono audio playback systemin the triangular audio space.

After the interaction of both lateral mono audio playback systems withthe front central mono audio playback system, the only point where theC100 value is located is in the front central mono audio playback systemin the triangular audio space.

Explanation of Embodiment X₃, Z₃, Y₃

The −B100 value of the left lateral mono audio playback system iseliminated by interacting with the B100 of the front central mono audioplayback system, eliminating completely both values for both mono audioplayback systems in the triangular audio space.

The −A100 value of the right lateral mono audio playback systemeliminates the A100 value of the front central mono audio playbacksystem, eliminating completely both values for both mono audio playbacksystems in the triangular audio space.

The −E25 value of the left lateral mono audio playback system iseliminated by interacting with the E100 of the front central mono audioplayback system, leaving a new value for the front central mono audioplayback system E75. This new E75 value can now interact with the E125value of the right lateral mono audio playback system, as being theresult of a previous interaction, the positives can be added throwingthe new virtual audio point with its new E200 value in the triangularaudio space.

The −D25 value of the right lateral mono audio playback system iseliminated by interacting with the D100 of the font central mono audioplayback system, leaving a new value for the front central mono audioplayback system D75. This new D75 value can now interact with the D125value of the left lateral mono audio playback system, as being theresult of a previous interaction, the positives can be added throwingthe new virtual audio point with its new D200 value in the triangularaudio space.

The C50 value of the left lateral mono audio playback system interactwith the C100 value of the front central mono audio playback system andat the same time the C50 value of the right lateral mono audio playbacksystem interact with the C100 value of the front central mono audioplayback system creating a new C200 value for the front central monoaudio playback system.

The A200 value of the left lateral mono audio playback system cannoteliminate any value from the front central mono audio playback systemsince the A100 contained by the front central mono audio playback systemhas already been previously eliminated. Now the only point that willcontain the A200 value will be the left lateral mono audio playbacksystem in the triangular audio space.

The B200 value of the right lateral mono audio playback system cannoteliminate any value from the front central mono audio playback systemsince the B100 contained by the front central mono audio playback systemhas already been previously eliminated. Now the only point that willcontain the B200 value is the right lateral mono audio playback systemin the triangular audio space.

By complementing audio signal of the Left mono audio playback systemwith the audio signal of the frontal central mono audio playback systemand at the same time, complementing the audio signal of the right monoaudio playback system with the audio signal of the frontal central monoaudio playback system for both embodiments above described, it can beobtained 100% of each of the panning points “A” “D” “C” “E” “B” in a newtriangular panning. This way obtains the higher value of each panningpoint, regardless of the number of virtual points that the user wishesto create.

By carrying out the values assignment previously described above andthanks to the interaction of the values themselves, the system is ableto create a complete spatial atmosphere of sounds with their own bodyand depth, granting the ability of approaching the “n” number of panningpoints at 100%.

Triangular Effect Through Hardware

It is important to mention that the triangular audio effect of thepresent disclosure previously described can also be done throughhardware and for both embodiments X₂Z₂Y₂ and X₃Z₃Y₃, in addition, it isequally effective if the previous assignment of values was made throughsoftware or hardware. In an exemplary but not limitative manner, thenecessary elements to create the triangular audio effect throughhardware are shown.

The FIG. 33 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment toaccomplish the triangular audio effect 600 of the present disclosurethrough the hardware system 500.

The hardware system 500 includes and uses at least one of the firstaudio splitter hardware 531, at least a second audio splitter hardware532, at least a third audio splitter hardware 533, at least one of thefirst audio mixer out hardware 541, at least a second audio mixer outhardware 542 and at least a third audio mixer out hardware 543.

The first audio splitter hardware 531 receives the audio signal ACBobtained from the previous assignment of values, splits said audiosignal and convert it into a new audio signal XY, the second audiosplitter hardware 532 receives the audio signal AB obtained from theprevious assignment of values, splits said audio signal and convert itinto a new audio signal XZ, the third audio splitter hardware 533receives the audio signal BA obtained from the previous assignment ofvalues, splits said audio signal and convert it into a new audio signalYZ.

It is important to mention that said previous assignment of values couldhave been done through software or through hardware, both methods havebeen described above in this document.

It is important to mention that each one of the at least three audiosplitter hardware 531, 532 and 533 are interconnected to each otherinternally.

The first mixer out of audio hardware 541 receives the audio signalsfrom the first audio splitter hardware 531 and the second audio splitterhardware 532 to generate a new audio signal X, which will be reproducedby its corresponding left mono audio playback system.

The second mixer out of audio hardware 542 receives the audio signalsfrom the first audio splitter hardware 531 and from the third audiosplitter hardware 533 to generate a new audio signal Y, which will bereproduced by its corresponding right mono audio playback system.

The third mixer out of audio hardware 543 receives the audio signalsfrom the second audio splitter hardware 532 and from the third audiosplitter hardware 533 to generate a new audio signal Z, which will beplayed/reproduced by its corresponding front central mono audio playbacksystem.

To illustrate the result of the audio signals obtained from theassignment of values described above, the following graphic captures ofthe audio lines of both modalities were made.

The FIG. 34 illustrates the graphic representation that show us thegraphic results after the audio triangular effect has been applied forboth embodiments through hardware to the corresponding audio signals foreach one of the three mono audio playback systems, therefore, this FIG.34 allow us to appreciate the graphic representation of audio signal ofeach channel out of the present disclosure. It is important to mentionthat said assignment of values to obtain the audio signals for each oneof the three mono audio playback systems for each one of the twoembodiments could have been done through software of through hardware aspreviously described. It is important to reaffirm that said FIG. 34 showus the graphic results after the audio triangular effect has beenapplied to through hardware to the audio signals obtained from theprevious assignment of values.

Location and Angles Needed for the Three Mono Audio Playback Systems forthe Audio Triangular System 100.

The audio triangular system 100 comprises three mono audio playbacksystems, one in front of the listener, one on the left in relation tothe listener and one on the right in relation to the listener.

Each mono audio playback system must comply with the following technicalspecifications as a minimal requirement for being applied to the audiotriangular system 100 of the present disclosure:

Each one of the mono audio playback systems emit in a complete range oftreble, mid and bass tones, with bass having a frequency ofapproximately 10 Hz to approximately 300 Hz, mid having a frequency ofapproximately 300 Hz to approximately 2.4 kHz, and treble having afrequency of approximately 2.4 kHz to approximately 20 kHz. The threemono audio playback systems must be of the same size and power and theyshall be also calibrated to each other in relation to the volume andfrequencies emitted by each mono audio playback system.

The rule of location of the mono audio playback systems for the audiotriangular system 100 is that there must be the same distance (1×)between the listener and each mono audio playback system, that is tosay, if the listener is located 2 meters from the front mono audioplayback system, the lateral mono audio playback systems must be alsoaligned in relation to the listener and each one must be 2 meters awayfrom him/her, forming an isosceles triangle, as can be seen in FIG. 35

When creating an isosceles triangle with the location of the mono audioplayback systems, the internal angles of the formed triangle must bedelimited, the angle of the front corner must be 90 degrees, while thetwo angles of the side corners must be 45 degrees each. It should benoted that the three mono audio playback systems must be oriented to thehead of the listener, as shown in FIG. 36

It is important to mention that said location and angles necessary forthe mono audio playback systems of the audio triangular systems 100describe the ideal exemplary embodiment for listening the audiotriangular system 100, since said location and angles specified aboveoffer the maximum appreciation point towards the listener.

However, there is an embodiment in which the distance of the front monoaudio playback system with relation to the listener can be modified whennecessary due to the features of the space in which the playbackequipment will be placed. This means that said front mono audio playbacksystem may be placed closer or farther while it maintains the audiotriangular system 100 effect. In order to achieve this, the formulasshown in the FIG. 37 which allows to calculate the relationship betweenthe sound level (L) in decibels (dB) (what is known as sound pressurelevel or sound intensity level) depending on the distance (r). Thisformula is well known in the prior art. By correctly applying theabovementioned formula, the system of the present disclosure willcontinue being effective.

The above formula should only be allowed to modify the distance of thefront mono audio playback system with relation to the listener. However,the distance of the lateral mono audio playback systems with relation tothe listener always must be the same, that is to say, if the left monoaudio playback system is at a distance (1×) with relation to thelistener, the right mono audio playback system must be maintained to thesame distance (1×) with relation to the listener.

Therefore, the distance between the front mono audio playback system andthe listener can be increased or reduced as long as the abovementionedformula is correctly applied and both of the right and left lateral monoaudio playback system are maintained at the same distance each one inrelation to the listener.

Due to the specified above, it is important to understand that the innerangles of the triangle formed by the three mono audio playback systemsare related with the distance that exists between the listener and eachmono audio playback system. As a result, said angles will vary inaccordance with the modification of the distance between the front monoaudio playback system and the listener.

It is important to mention that the effect of the audio triangularsystem 100 is achieved by locating the three mono audio playback systemsat the same distance in relation the listener. The effect will always bebetter than that which is achieved by modifying the distance of thefront mono audio playback system in relation of the listener, in spiteof having correctly used the abovementioned formula. The effect cannotbe achieved otherwise due to the spatial geometry and harmony that isobtained when the three mono audio playback system are located at thesame distance with relation to the listener.

Therefore, although the effect of the audio triangular system 100 can beappreciated in those cases in which is necessary to modify the distancebetween the front mono audio playback system and the listener bycorrectly using the aforementioned formula, this is not the best way tolisten the audio that is generated by the present disclosure.

If the mono audio playback systems are not accommodated at the sameseparation distance in relation to the listener and the internal anglesof the triangle formed by said mono audio playback systems are notrespected, which correspond to the front corner with 90° and the twoangles of the side corners with 45° each, as shown in FIG. 36, theoptimal operation of the audio triangular system 100 would not achieved.It is important to understand that in those cases in which it isnecessary to modify the distance between the front mono audio playbacksystem and the listener, the inner angles of the formed triangle wouldbe automatically modified, furthermore, it will be necessary to exactlyuse the aforementioned formula, so it is fundamental to respect theseparameters for its effective operation.

The audio triangular system begins with the assignment of specificvalues to obtain the audio signals corresponding to each one of the monoaudio playback system to create the audio triangular effect whichgenerates the physical and virtual panning points in the contour of thetriangle or frontal semicircle formed by the specific location of themono audio playback systems. By this way it gives a specific and markedlocation to the sounds in relation to the original stereophonic mix andpanning.

Because of the foregoing described for this disclosure, it is absolutelynecessary that the following parameters be rigorously followed:

1) The assignment of the specific values to obtain the audio signalscorresponding to each one of the three mono audio playback systems forits two embodiments X₂, Z₂, Y₂ and embodiment X₂, Z₂, Y₂

2) Audio triangular effect of the present disclosure in its twoembodiments X₂, Z₂, Y₂ and embodiment X₃, Z₃, Y₃.

3) The location, distances and angles of the three mono audio playbacksystems.

Otherwise, the audio triangular system 100 will not be effective.

Multichannel Replication

It is important to mention that the audio triangular system 100described above can be simultaneously reproduced or replicated as manytimes as necessary for use in various applications. The terms“reproduce”, or “replicate” should be understood as the simultaneous useof an additional audio triangular system 100 or several additional audiotriangular systems 100 for an application in a particular device orsystem. In an exemplary, but not limitative way, the audio triangularsystem 100 of the present disclosure can be replicated as many times asnecessary to apply it simultaneously into a multi-channel system instereo pairs. By way of non-limiting example, the audio triangularsystem 100 of the present disclosure can be duplicated to be applied inmultichannel systems with 4 channels formed by 2 stereo systems. In thesame way, the audio triangular system 100 of the present disclosure canbe tripled for its application in multichannel systems of 6 channelsformed by 3 stereo systems. In another embodiment of the disclosure, theaudio triangular system can be quadruple and applied in multichannelsystems of 8 channels formed by 4 stereo systems. A person skilled inthe art will appreciate that the audio triangular system 100 can besimultaneously replicated or reproduced as many times as necessary forits application for any one multi-channel system in stereo pairs.

It is important to understand that all the aspects mentioned above,describe the manner in which a triangular system intervenes on two audiochannels (L channel and R channel) to create three audio channels, andtherefore, in the scope of the embodiment 3 described in thisapplication the vectoral playback system/equipment utilizes twotriangular audio systems that intervene 4 audio channels (V1, V2, V3,V4) to create 6 audio channels, same that can be reproduced through 6mono audio playback systems.

Therefore, in the embodiment 3 said 6 mono audio playback systems shouldbe placed, in a preferred embodiment and without limitation to it, in aspecific manner in relation to the hearer's position as showed in FIG.21, wherein a first mono audio playback system identified as left-downis located at the left side of the hearer's position at a floor level, asecond mono audio playback system identified as right-down is located atthe right side of the hearer's position at a floor level. It isimportant to highlight that the distance between the hearer's positionand the left down system should be the same between the hearer'sposition and the right down system, and this will depend of thepanoramic amplitude that needs to be perceived and the space availableto install the vector playback system.

A third mono audio playback system identified as left-up is locatedvertically aligned in relation to the mono audio playback systemidentified as left-down and in a height that is determined as a two-foldbetween the listener's head and the floor. A fourth mono audio playbacksystem called right-up, is vertically aligned with respect to theright-down mono audio reproduction system and at a height delimited bytwice the distance between the head of the listener and the floor. Afifth mono audio reproduction system called central-down is arranged infront of the listener and at floor level, it is important to note thatthe distance between the listener and said central down mono audioreproduction system should be the same between the listener and theleft-down and right-down mono audio playback systems. A sixth mono audioplayback system called central-up is arranged vertically alignedrelative to the central-down mono audio playback system and at a heightlimited by twice the distance between the head of the listener and thefloor/ground.

It is important to mention due to the above, that said 6 mono audioplayback/reproduction systems left-down, right-down, left-up, right-up,central-down y central-up have the same distance to the head of thelistener and said 6 mono audio playback systems should be orientedtowards the listener.

FIG. 22 shows as a way of example, without limitation to it, that saidarrangement that utilizes 6 mono audio playback systems creates a curvein the panoramic field that can be appreciated in front of the listener(emphasis added) when vectorial panoramized audios are reproduced;wherein said panoramic field surrounds the listener in a way similar topanoramic a semicircle, which generates an acoustic effect of deepnessand amplitude both in the horizontal and vertical planes offeringtherefore “a 3D experience” which improves and broadens the intentionsof the music producer in the acoustic space of the listener allowing atthe same time to respect the vectorial panoramizing created by the audioproducer.

FIG. 23 shows a general flow diagram, which demonstrates the interactionand connection between the different elements that the presentapplication encompasses, as well as the dependency for those elements towork together and achieve the results intended. This is how FIG. 23shows the relation between the vectorial panoramization, the vectorialaudio playback system and the triangular audio system, demonstrating theway in which each element is needed to construct embodiment 3 of thepresent application and achieve the desired results.

The acoustic results that is achieved by the present application, andthat can be sensed in the sweet spot of any of the three preferredembodiments of the application (that could be taken as a comparativeelement vs the prior art), differ from all of those previously known asthe present application achieves such results based on differentfactors, such as the fact that the playback audio system of the presentapplication emits a full range of frequencies in low medium and treblesounds and therefore does not needs to incorporate any subwoofer, whichaccording to the teachings of the prior art would affect the performanceand acoustic result in the sweet spot due to the elevated concentrationof treble frequencies in the lower space of the listener's acousticspace. Therefore, with any of the three embodiments of the presentapplication, it is possible to appreciate sounds with any frequencyrange coming from any location point in the acoustic space of thelistener, which are related also to the vectoral panoramizing activitiesof the audio producer.

Another one of the facts that demonstrates the technical advantages ofthe audio system of the present application is that it creates asymmetric geometry through the disposition of the mono audio playbacksystems utilized in any of its three preferred embodiments, andfurthermore, the system of the present application utilizes the fullvertical physical space of the listener, which allows for theappreciation of sound be broader. Also, another factor that aids inachieving the acoustic result of the present application and that can bebest appreciated, for instance, in the sweet spot of any of thepreferred embodiments of the present application is the distance betweeneach mono audio playback system in relation to the listener's positionand the audio percentages as this two conditions allow that soundscollide with each other and with the listener, finally achieving thatthe listener becomes not merely an expectator but and integral part ofthe audio experience when it receives and perceives the harmony and theharmonics generated by the systems of the present application.

It is also a fact that the technical principles governing the 1D, and 3Dsystems would suggest on the one hand, that if the skilled artisan wasonly in possession and aware of the technical features of 1D audiosystem, that migrating to a 2D system would be economically unfeasible.Also, and on the other hand, if a 3D system were considered to bemigrated to a 2D system, the skilled artisan would expect a detract fromthe quality and possibilities (especially of sound depth); and thereforea skilled artisan would not be in possibilities to obviously deduce a 2Dsystem like the one described in the present disclosure, in which allfrequencies (low, medium and trebele) are possible at any position ofthe any panning points; in which the range of height (verticality) ofthe sounds is complete and not only of medium height as in the case of3D systems that are unable to position high and medium sounds in thelower part of the spectrum; in which the acoustic appreciation of thesounds occurs preferentially frontally, which makes the depth morerealistic without sounds coming from the back of the listening (whicheven generate auditory stress in the listening); and where there arestrategically located panoramic points to generate geometric harmonythat translates into harmonics that are perceived by the listener.

The audio vector system of the present disclosure in any of itsembodiments can be applied in any of the following technical fields:music production (vector panning), digital mixers, physical mixers,audio reproduction equipment, audio reproduction equipment in video,streaming, video games, virtual reality devices, headphones and portablemusic devices.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A method for generation and reproduction ofvector panned audio to change the sound dimension and produce anevolving experience in a physical space of the listener, the methodcomprising: a) generating a vector panned audio that includes 25 panningpoints place on 8 stereophonic pan lines which are contained in 4 audiochannels “V2”, “V2”, “V3” and “V4” to create an audio in a horizontaland vertical plane; b) reproducing said vector panned audio through avector playback equipment to adjust and remix said vector panned audio,wherein said playback equipment comprises 4 mono audio playback systems,wherein each of said 4 mono audio playback systems has a frequencyadjustment depending on its location and wherein said 4 mono audioplayback systems are placed forming a quadrangle or quadrilateral infront of the listener or at the sides of the listener, two of themplaced at the upper part and two at the bottom part; wherein each monoaudio playback system reproduce its corresponding audio channel V1, V2,V3 or V4; c) creating a specific audio format through an encoder forsaid vector panned audio to allow its multimedia playing; d) reproducingsaid vector panned audio with said specific audio format through anotherplayback equipment, which comprises a multimedia player that contains anaudio decoder, 2 Triangular Audio Systems, and 6 mono audio playbacksystems, wherein each of said 6 mono audio playback systems has afrequency adjustment depending on its location and wherein said 6 monoaudio playback systems are played with 3 on the upper part in relationto the listener and 3 on the bottom part in relation to the listener toproduce the evolving experience.
 2. The method for the generation andreproduction of vector panned audio according to claim 1, wherein thegeneration of the vector panning audio comprises: a) creating apanoramic field delimited by X and Y axes by means of 4 physical panpoints, which are created with the said audio channels V1, V2, V3 andV4, wherein each audio channel is assigned to its corresponding physicalpan point; b) setting an individual position of the 8 stereophonic panlines within a panoramic field delimited by X and Y axes using 4 audiochannels V1, V2, V3 and V4; c) setting a plurality of pan points on eachof said 8 stereophonic pan lines to obtain 25 panning points; d) using avector panning table to place each sound at any of the said 25 panningpoints which are in said 8 stereophonic pan lines; e) using a pair ofphysical or virtual vector panning controls to apply sound panningpercentages indicated in said vector panning table to place each soundat any of said 25 panning points found on said 8 stereophonic pan lines.3. The method for the generation and reproduction of vector panned audioaccording to claim 2, wherein the individual position of each of the 8stereophonic pan lines is established within said panoramic field whenthe stereophonic pan line “1-2” is located horizontally on the upperperimeter of said panoramic field, which is achieved using channels V1and V2, the stereophonic pan line “3-4” is located horizontally on thelower perimeter of said panoramic field, which is achieved usingchannels V3 and V4, the stereophonic pan line “5-6” is placed verticallyon the left perimeter of said panoramic field, which is achieved usingchannels V3 and V1, the stereophonic pan line “7-8” is locatedvertically on the right perimeter of said panoramic field, which isachieved using channels V2 and V4, the stereophonic pan line “9-10” islocated diagonally from the lower left corner up to the upper rightcorner of said panoramic field, which is achieved using channels V3 andV2, the stereophonic pan line “11-12” is located diagonally from theupper left corner to the lower right corner of said panoramic field,which is achieved using channels V1 and V4, the stereophonic pan line“13-14” is located horizontally on the “X” axis of said panoramic field,which is achieved using channels V1 and V3 and at the same time thechannels V2 and V4, and, the stereophonic pan line “15-16” is placedvertically on the “Y” axis of said panoramic field, which is achievedusing channels V1 and V2 and at the same time channels V3 and V4.
 4. Themethod for the generation and reproduction of vector panned audioaccording to claim 2, wherein 5 panning points are established on eachone of the said 8 stereophonic pan lines, thus yielding the 25 panningpoints of which 4 correspond to physical panning points, specificallypoints 1, 5, 21 and 25, and the remaining 21 points correspond tovirtual panning points, wherein; on the stereophonic pan line “1-2”there are placed the panning points 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, on thestereophonic pan line “3-4” there are panning points 21, 22, 23, 24 and25, on the stereophonic pan line “5-6” there are panning points 1, 6,11, 16 and 21, on the stereo pan line “7-8” there are panning points 5,10, 15, 20 and 25, in the stereophonic pan line “9-10” there are thepanning points 5, 9, 13, 17 and 21, in the stereophonic pan line “11-12”there are the panning points 1, 7, 13, 19 and 25, in the stereophonicpan line “13-14” there are the panning points 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15,and, in the stereophonic pan line “15-16” there are the panning points3, 8, 13, 18 and
 23. 5. The method for the generation and reproductionof vector panned audio according to claim 2, wherein said vector panningtable indicates the specific audio percentage or percentages that shouldbe assigned in 1, 2 or 4 of the said output audio channels “V1”, “V2”,“V3”, “V4” to place a sound at any of the 25 panning points wherein toplace a sound at panning point “1” the 100% of a sound is sent only tochannel “V1”, to place a sound at panning point “2” the 75% of saidsound is sent to channel “V1” and the 25% of the same sound is sent tochannel “V2”, to place a sound at panning point “3” the 50% of saidsound is sent to channel “V1” and the 50% of the same sound is sent tochannel “V2”, to place a sound at panning point “4” the 25% of saidsound is sent to channel “V1” and the 75% of the same sound is sent tochannel “V2”, to place a sound at panning point “5” the 100% of thatsound is sent to channel “V2” only, to place a sound at the panningpoint “6” the 75% of that sound is sent to the channel “V1” and the 25%of the same sound is sent to channel “V3”, to place a sound at thepanning point “7” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel “V1” and the25% of the same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place a sound atpanning point “8” the 75% of that sound evenly divided is sent towardschannels “V1 and V2” and the 25% of the same sound evenly divided issent towards channels “V3 and V4”, to place a sound at the panning point“9” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel “V2” and the 25% of thesame sound is sent to channel “V3”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “10” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel “V2” and the 25% ofthe same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “11” the 50% of said sound is sent to channel “V1” and the 50% ofthe same sound is sent to channel “V3”, to place a sound at panningpoint “12” the 75% of that sound evenly divided is sent to channels “V1and V3” and the 25% of the same sound evenly divided is sent to channels“V2 and V4”, to place a sound at panning pint “13” the 50% of that soundevenly divided is sent to channels “V1” and “V2” and the 50% of the samesound evenly divided is sent to channels “V3” and “V4”, to place a soundat the panning point “14” the 75% of said sound evenly divided is sentto channels “V2 and V4” and the 25% of the same sound evenly divided issent to channels “V1 and V3”, to place a sound at panning point “15” the50% of that sound is sent to channel “V2” and the 50% of the same soundis sent towards channel “V4”, to place a sound at the panning point “16”the 25% of said sound is sent to channel “V1” and the 75% of the samesound is sent to channel “V3”, to place a sound at the panning point“17” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel “V3” and the 25% of thesame sound is sent to channel “V2”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “18” the 75% of said sound evenly divided is sent to channels “V3and V4” and the 25% of the same sound evenly divided is sent to channels“V1 and V2”, to place a sound at the panning point “19” the 25% of saidsound is sent to channel “V1” and the 75% of the same sound is sent tochannel “V4”, to place a sound at the panning point “20” the 25% of saidsound is sent to channel “V2” and the 75% of the same sound is sent tochannel “V4”, to place a sound at the panning point “21” the 100% ofsaid sound is sent only to channel “V3”, to place a sound at panningpoint “22” the 75% of that sound is sent to channel “V3” and the 25% ofthe same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “23” the 50% of said sound is sent to channel “V3” and the 50% ofthe same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “24” the 25% of said sound is sent to channel “V3” and the 75% ofthe same sound is sent to channel “V4”, and to place a sound at thepanning point “25” the 100% of said sound is sent only to channel “V4”.6. The method for the generation and reproduction of vector panned audioaccording to claim 2, wherein said pair of physical vector panningcontrols included in each line or track are part of a physical mixer,said controls being used to place each sound at any of the said 25panning points, wherein one of the physical vector panning controlsserves to define the vertical position of a sound, that is, the positionin relation to the “Y” axis of the panoramic field and wherein the otherone of the physical vector panning controls serve to define thehorizontal position of the same sound, that is, the position in relationto the “X” axis of the panoramic field wherein said controls interactwith an electronic circuit as an electronic module to be added to aphysical mixer.
 7. The method for the generation and reproduction ofvector panned audio according to claim 2, wherein said pair of virtualvector panning controls included in each line or track are part of avirtual or digital mixer are used to place each at any of the said 25panning points, wherein one of the virtual vector panning controlsserves to define the vertical position of a sound, that is, the positionin relation the “Y” axis of the panoramic field and wherein the otherone of the virtual vector panning controls serves to define thehorizontal position of the same sound, that is, the position in relationto the “X” axis of the panoramic field, wherein said controls interactwith a VST type VST plug-in to be executed in a music sequencer or DAW.8. The method for the generation and reproduction of vector panned audioaccording to claim 2, wherein said panoramic field delimited by X and Yaxes represents the panoramic field to place any sound, and wherein aphysical panning points represent each corner of the said panoramicfield, said physical panning points are created with the said audiochannels V1, V2, V3 and V4, wherein channel V1 is assigned to a firstphysical panning point, which represents the upper left corner of thesaid panoramic field, channel V2 is assigned to a second physicalpanning point, which represents the upper right corner of the saidpanoramic field, channel V3 is assigned to a third physical panningpoint, which represents the lower left corner of the said panoramicfield, finally, channel V4 is assigned to a fourth physical panningpoint, which represents the lower right corner of that panoramic field.9. The method for the generation and reproduction of vector panned audioaccording to claim 1, wherein the generation of the vector panned audiois performed in real-time capturing the sounds and its location in aphysical space using four microphones placed to form a quadrilateral orquadrangle in the physical space of the set or location to be recorded,that is, a microphone is placed in the upper-left corner, a microphonein the upper-right corner, a microphone in the lower-left corner andanother microphone in the lower-right corner, wherein the distancebetween said microphones should be as wide as the panoramic field to becaptured, so that the real sound can be captured with its real location,wherein the microphone placed in the upper-left corner will capture thesound corresponding to the channel V1, the microphone placed in theupper-right corner will capture the sound corresponding to the channelV2, the microphone placed in the lower-left corner will capture thesound corresponding to channel V3 and the microphone placed in thelower-right corner will capture the sound corresponding to channel V4.10. The method for the generation and reproduction of vector pannedaudio according to claim 1, wherein the construction of the codifiedaudio format comprises treating the vector panned audio signal toconvert it into a specific format through an encoder to transport thecodified audio package to a decoder.
 11. The method for the generationand reproduction of vector panned audio according to claim 1, whereinsaid vector panned audio is reproduced through said vector playbackequipment to adjust and remix said vector panning, wherein said playbackequipment is composed by 4 mono audio playback systems that are disposedto form a quadrilateral or quadrangle in front of the listener, whereinone of the mono audio playback systems called left-down is arranged inthe front left part of the listener and at floor height, one of the monoaudio playback systems called right-down is arranged in the part frontright of the listener and at the height of the floor; where the distancebetween the listener and the left-down mono audio playback system mustbe the same between the listener and the right-down mono audio playbacksystem, so if a line was drawn between the listener and said left-downand right-down mono audio playback systems would form an isoscelestriangle, additionally, one of the mono audio playback systems calledleft-up is arranged vertically aligned in relation to the left-down monoaudio playback system and at a height delimited by twice the distancebetween the listener's head and the ground, finally, one of the monoaudio playback systems called right-up is arranged vertically aligned inrelation to the mono audio playback system called right-down and at aheight delimited by twice the distance between the listener's head andthe ground; wherein said 4 mono audio playback systems called left-down,right-down, left-up, and right-up are oriented at an angle in such a waythat their direction is towards the position of the listener; whereinsaid mono audio playback systems emit their corresponding channel, thatis, the mono audio playback system called as left-up emits channel V1,the mono audio playback system called as right-up emits channel V2, themono audio playback system called as left-down emits channel V3 and themono audio playback system called as right-down emits channel V4. 12.The method for the generation and reproduction of vector panned audioaccording to claim 1, wherein said vector panned audio is reproducedthrough said vector playback equipment to adjust and remix said vectorpanning, wherein said vector playback equipment is composed by 4 monoaudio playback systems that are disposed to form a quadrilateral orquadrangle on the sides of the listener, where one of the mono audioplayback systems called left-down is arranged on the left side of thelistener and at floor height, one of the mono audio playback systemscalled right-down is arranged on the right side of the listener and atfloor height; wherein the distance between the listener and theleft-down mono audio playback system must be the same between thelistener and the right-down mono audio playback system, so if a line wasdrawn between the listener and said left-down and right-down mono audioplayback systems would form a straight line, additionally, one of themono audio playback systems called as left-up is arranged verticallyaligned in relation to the left-down mono audio playback system and at aheight delimited by twice the distance between the head of the listenerand the ground, and one of the mono audio playback systems calledright-up is arranged vertically aligned in relation to the mono audioplayback system right-down and at a height delimited by twice thedistance between the listener's head and the ground; wherein theleft-mono audio playback systems must be directed to their correspondingright-mono audio playback systems, that is, the left-down mono audioplayback system must be directed towards the right-down mono audioplayback system and vice versa and the left-up mono audio playbacksystem must be directed towards the right-up mono audio playback systemand vice versa, in such a way that the sounds collide with each otherand with the listener; wherein said mono audio playback systems emittheir corresponding channel, this is, the mono audio playback systemcalled left-up emits channel V1, the mono audio playback system calledright-up emits channel V2, the mono audio playback system calledleft-down emits channel V3 and the mono audio playback system calledright-down emits channel V4.
 13. The method for the generation andreproduction of vector panned audio according to claim 1, wherein themono audio playback systems are adjusted in their frequencies dependingon their location in relation to the listener.
 14. The method for thegeneration and reproduction of vector panned audio according to claim 1,wherein said vector panned audio is reproduced with said specific formatthrough the another playback equipment, which is composed by amultimedia player that contains a decoder that decodes said vectorpanned audio previously codified, wherein said multimedia playerinteracts with 2 Triangular Audio Systems, wherein said triangular audiosystems receive the output channels of a vector panned audio, whereinsaid 4 audio channels V1, V2, V3 and V4 are reproduced through 6 monoaudio playback systems; wherein the multimedia player directs the upperoutput channels V1 and V2 to the inputs of a first triangular audiosystem, which will perform a panning value assignment to obtain 3 outputaudio channels, which will be directed to the audio inputs of the 3 monoaudio playback systems of the first triangular audio system, which areplaced 1 in the upper front-central part and 2 on the sides of the upperpart in relation to the listener, wherein additionally the multimediaplayer directs the lower audio output channels V3 and V4 to the inputsof a second triangular audio system, which will perform a panning valueassignment to obtain 3 audio output channels, which will be directed tothe audio inputs of the 3 mono audio playback systems of the secondtriangular audio system, which are placed 1 in the lower front-centralpart and 2 in the sides of the lower part in relation to the listener;wherein a first mono audio playback system called left-down is arrangedon the left side of the listener and at floor height, a second monoaudio playback system called right-down is arranged on the right side ofthe listener and at floor height, a third mono audio playback systemcalled left-up is arranged vertically aligned with the left-down monoaudio playback system and at a height delimited by twice the distancebetween the listener's head and the ground, a fourth mono audio playbacksystem called right-up is arranged vertically aligned with theright-down mono audio playback system and at a height delimited by twicethe distance between the listener's head and the ground, a fifth monoaudio playback system called central-down is arranged in front of thelistener and at ground level, it is important to note that the distancebetween the listener and said central-down mono audio playback systemmust be the same between the listener and the left-down and right-downmono audio playback systems, a sixth mono audio playback system calledcentral-up is arranged vertically aligned in relation to the center-downmono audio playback system and at a height delimited by twice thedistance between the listener's head and the ground; wherein said 6 monoaudio playback systems left-down, right-down, left-up, right-up,central-down, and central-up have the same distance in relation to thehead of the listener and said 6 mono audio playback systems should bedirected towards the listener.
 15. A system for generation andreproduction of vector panned audio to change a sound dimension andproduce an enveloping experience in a physical space of a listener, thesystem comprising: a) A physical or virtual mixer that contains a pairof vector panning controls to generate a vector panned audio based on avector panning table; b) A vector playback equipment that reproducessaid vector panned audio to adjust and remix said vector panned audio,wherein said vector playback equipment is composed by 4 mono audioplayback systems, wherein each of said 4 mono audio playback systems hasa frequency adjustment depending on its location and wherein said monoaudio playback systems are placed to form a quadrilateral or quadranglein front of the listener or at the sides of the listener, two on the uppart and two on the bottom part; wherein said mono audio playback systemreproduces its corresponding audio channel V1, V2, V3 or V4; c) Anencoder that creates a specific audio format for said vector pannedaudio to allows its multimedia playback; d) A second playback equipmentthat reproduces said audio with said specific audio format, wherein saidsecond playback equipment includes a multimedia player that contains anaudio decoder, 2 Triangular Audio Systems and 6 mono audio playbacksystems, wherein each of said 6 mono audio playback systems has afrequency adjustment depending on its location and wherein said monoaudio playback systems are placed with 3 on the upper part in relationto the listener and 3 on the bottom part in relation to the listener toproduce an enveloping experience.
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The system for the generation andreproduction of vector panned audio according to claim 15, whichcomprises a wherein said pair of vector panning controls is a pair ofphysical controls for vector panning included in each line or track,that is, a pair of physical controls that are included on a physicalmixer, wherein said controls are used to place each sound in any of thesaid 25 panning points based on said vector panning table, wherein toplace a sound at panning point “1” the 100% of a sound is sent only tochannel “V1”, to place a sound at panning point “2” the 75% of saidsound is sent to channel “V1” and the 25% of the same sound is sent tochannel “V2”, to place a sound at panning point “3” the 50% of saidsound is sent to channel “V1” and the 50% of the same sound is sent tochannel “V2”, to place a sound at panning point “4” the 25% of saidsound is sent to channel “V1” and the 75% of the same sound is sent tochannel “V2”, to place a sound at panning point “5” the 100% of thatsound is sent to channel “V2” only, to place a sound at the panningpoint “6” the 75% of that sound is sent to the channel “V1” and the 25%of the same sound is sent to channel “V3”, to place a sound at thepanning point “7” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel “V1” and the25% of the same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place a sound atpanning point “8” the 75% of that sound evenly divided is sent towardschannels “V1 and V2” and the 25% of the same sound evenly divided issent towards channels “V3 and V4”, to place a sound at the panning point“9” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel “V2” and the 25% of thesame sound is sent to channel “V3”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “10” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel “V2” and the 25% ofthe same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “11” the 50% of said sound is sent to channel “V1” and the 50% ofthe same sound is sent to channel “V3”, to place a sound at panningpoint “12” the 75% of that sound evenly divided is sent to channels “V1and V3” and the 25% of the same sound evenly divided is sent to channels“V2 and V4”, to place a sound at panning pint “13” the 50% of that soundevenly divided is sent to channels “V1” and “V2” and the 50% of the samesound evenly divided is sent to channels “V3” and “V4”, to place a soundat the panning point “14” the 75% of said sound evenly divided is sentto channels “V2 and V4” and the 25% of the same sound evenly divided issent to channels “V1 and V3”, to place a sound at panning point “15” the50% of that sound is sent to channel “V2” and the 50% of the same soundis sent towards channel “V4”, to place a sound at the panning point “16”the 25% of said sound is sent to channel “V1” and the 75% of the samesound is sent to channel “V3”, to place a sound at the panning point“17” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel “V3” and the 25% of thesame sound is sent to channel “V2”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “18” the 75% of said sound evenly divided is sent to channels “V3and V4” and the 25% of the same sound evenly divided is sent to channels“V1 and V2”, to place a sound at the panning point “19” the 25% of saidsound is sent to channel “V1” and the 75% of the same sound is sent tochannel “V4”, to place a sound at the panning point “20” the 25% of saidsound is sent to channel “V2” and the 75% of the same sound is sent tochannel “V4”, to place a sound at the panning point “21” the 100% ofsaid sound is sent only to channel “V3”, to place a sound at panningpoint “22” the 75% of that sound is sent to channel “V3” and the 25% ofthe same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “23” the 50% of said sound is sent to channel “V3” and the 50% ofthe same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “24” the 25% of said sound is sent to channel “V3” and the 75% ofthe same sound is sent to channel “V4”, and to place a sound at thepanning point “25” the 100% of said sound is sent only to channel “V4”,wherein one of the physical controls serves to define a verticalposition of a sound, that is, the position in relation to the “Y” axisof the panoramic field and the other one of the physical controls servesto define a horizontal position of the same sound, that is, the positionin relation to the “X” axis of the panoramic field; wherein saidcontrols interact with an electronic circuit as an electronic module tobe added to a physical mixer; wherein said pair of physical controls forvector panning are integrated into an electronic circuit, whichcomprises: i) at least one input channel “channel in 1” that receives anaudio signal of an audio track from a physical mixer of N number ofchannels represented by tracks; ii) a VR1 (Variable Resistors) thatreceives the audio signal to give a voltage represented by the conceptof audio signal volume at the input of the preamplifier which in turnincreases the audio signal from 6 to 12 db; iii) 2 coupling capacitorsC1 and C2 in which said preamplified signal is divided into twodifferent panning directions, a vertical panning and a horizontalpanning; iiii) 2 different VR (Variable Resistors) connection modulescoupled with said coupling capacitors, one for vertical panning controland the other for horizontal panning control; 5) a vertical panningcontrol composed by 4 VR (Variable Resistors) (VR2, VR3, VR4, VR5)interconnected, to be able to move at the same time to each other asthey are controlled under the same axis but with different polarities;and 4 impedance coupling resistors R1, R2, R3, R4 connected in parallelinput, wherein when the audio signal is output from the couplingcapacitor C1 it is divided into the 4 impedance coupling resistorstowards VR2, VR3, VR4, VR5 interconnected by the same axis but withdifferent polarities, achieving with this, that while the VR3 and VR4raise the audio signal to the LV and RV audio output points, the VR2 andVR5 lower the signal from the audio output points, LH and RH audiooutput to ground, thereby achieving a compensation and reduction of theaudio signals towards the different LV, RV, LH, RH audio output points;6) a horizontal pan control composed of 4 VR (Variable Resistance) (VR6,VR7, VR8, VR9) interconnected, to be able to move at the same time toeach other as they are controlled under the same axis but with differentpolarities, and 4 resistors of coupling of impedances R5, R6, R7, R8connected in parallel input, wherein when leaving the audio signal fromthe coupling capacitor C2 it is divided into the 4 coupling resistors ofimpedances towards the VR6, VR7, VR8, VR9 interconnected with each otheron the same axis but with different polarities, achieving with this,that while the VR7 and VR8 raise the audio signal to the audio outputpoints L-H and R-H, the VR6 and VR9 lower the signal to ground of theaudio output points L-V and R-V thus achieving a compensation andreduction of the audio signals towards the different audio output pointsL-V, R-V, L-H, R-H; wherein, said physical panning controls can also beexecuted by means of an integrated circuit, which comprises: wherein thepreamplified signal passes to an integrated circuit that will be incharge of generating a circuit inside making use of the variableresistors VR2, VR3, VR4, VR5, wherein said variable resistors have theL-V, R-V, L-H, R-H outputs at their ends, and wherein the audio signalpoint comes out with their respective offsets and attenuations.
 17. Thesystem for the generation and reproduction of vector panned audioaccording to claim 15, wherein said pair of vector panning controls is apair of virtual vector panning controls included in each line or track,that is, a pair of virtual vector panning controls that are included ina virtual or digital mixer, wherein said controls are used to place eachsound in any of 25 panning points, wherein to place a sound at panningpoint “1” the 100% of a sound is sent only to channel “V1”, to place asound at panning point “2” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel “V1”and the 25% of the same sound is sent to channel “V2”, to place a soundat panning point “3” the 50% of said sound is sent to channel “V1” andthe 50% of the same sound is sent to channel “V2”, to place a sound atpanning point “4” the 25% of said sound is sent to channel “V1” and the75% of the same sound is sent to channel “V2”, to place a sound atpanning point “5” the 100% of that sound is sent to channel “V2” only,to place a sound at the panning point “6” the 75% of that sound is sentto the channel “V1” and the 25% of the same sound is sent to channel“V3”, to place a sound at the panning point “7” the 75% of said sound issent to channel “V1” and the 25% of the same sound is sent to channel“V4”, to place a sound at panning point “8” the 75% of that sound evenlydivided is sent towards channels “V1 and V2” and the 25% of the samesound evenly divided is sent towards channels “V3 and V4”, to place asound at the panning point “9” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel“V2” and the 25% of the same sound is sent to channel “V3”, to place asound at the panning point “10” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel“V2” and the 25% of the same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place asound at the panning point “11” the 50% of said sound is sent to channel“V1” and the 50% of the same sound is sent to channel “V3”, to place asound at panning point “12” the 75% of that sound evenly divided is sentto channels “V1 and V3” and the 25% of the same sound evenly divided issent to channels “V2 and V4”, to place a sound at panning pint “13” the50% of that sound evenly divided is sent to channels “V1” and “V2” andthe 50% of the same sound evenly divided is sent to channels “V3” and“V4”, to place a sound at the panning point “14” the 75% of said soundevenly divided is sent to channels “V2 and V4” and the 25% of the samesound evenly divided is sent to channels “V1 and V3”, to place a soundat panning point “15” the 50% of that sound is sent to channel “V2” andthe 50% of the same sound is sent towards channel “V4”, to place a soundat the panning point “16” the 25% of said sound is sent to channel “V1”and the 75% of the same sound is sent to channel “V3”, to place a soundat the panning point “17” the 75% of said sound is sent to channel “V3”and the 25% of the same sound is sent to channel “V2”, to place a soundat the panning point “18” the 75% of said sound evenly divided is sentto channels “V3 and V4” and the 25% of the same sound evenly divided issent to channels “V1 and V2”, to place a sound at the panning point “19”the 25% of said sound is sent to channel “V1” and the 75% of the samesound is sent to channel “V4”, to place a sound at the panning point“20” the 25% of said sound is sent to channel “V2” and the 75% of thesame sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place a sound at the panningpoint “21” the 100% of said sound is sent only to channel “V3”, to placea sound at panning point “22” the 75% of that sound is sent to channel“V3” and the 25% of the same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place asound at the panning point “23” the 50% of said sound is sent to channel“V3” and the 50% of the same sound is sent to channel “V4”, to place asound at the panning point “24” the 25% of said sound is sent to channel“V3” and the 75% of the same sound is sent to channel “V4”, and to placea sound at the panning point “25” the 100% of said sound is sent only tochannel “V4”, wherein one of the virtual vector panning controls servesto define a vertical position of a sound, that is, the position inrelation to the “Y” axis of the panoramic field, and the other one ofthe virtual vector panning controls serves to define a horizontalposition of the same sound, that is, the position in relation to the “X”axis of the panoramic field; wherein said controls interact with a VSTtype VST plug-in to be executed in the confines of a music sequencer orDAW.
 18. The system for the generation and reproduction of vector pannedaudio according to claim 15, wherein said vector playback equipmentreproduces said audio to adjust and remix said vector panning, whereinsaid playback equipment is composed by 4 mono audio playback systemsthat are arranged to form a quadrilateral or quadrangle in front of thelistener, wherein one of the Mono audio playback systems calledleft-down is arranged on the front left of the listener and at floorheight, one of the mono audio playback systems called right-down isarranged on the front right of the listener and at floor height; whereinthe distance between the listener and the left-down mono audio playbacksystem must be the same between the listener and the right-down monoaudio playback system, so if a line was drawn between the listener andsaid left-down and right-down mono audio playback systems would form anisosceles triangle, additionally, one of the mono audio playback systemscalled left-up is arranged vertically aligned in relation to theleft-down mono audio playback system and at a height delimited by twicethe distance between the head of the listener and the ground, finally,one of the mono audio playback systems called right-up is arrangedvertically aligned in relation to the mono audio playback systemright-down and at a height delimited by twice the distance between thelistener's head and the ground; wherein said 4 mono audio playbacksystems called left-down, right-down, left-up, and right-up are orientedat an angle in such a way that their direction is towards the positionof the listener; wherein said mono audio playback systems emit theircorresponding channel, that is, the mono audio playback system calledleft-up emits channel V1, the mono audio playback system called right-upemits channel V2, the mono audio playback system called left-down emitschannel V3 and the mono audio playback system called right-down emitschannel V4, wherein the mono audio playback systems are adjusted intheir frequencies depending on its location in relation to the listener.19. The system for the generation and reproduction of vector pannedaudio according to claim 15, wherein said vector playback equipmentreproduces said audio to adjust and remix said vector panning, whereinsaid playback equipment is composed by 4 mono audio playback systemsthat are arranged to form a quadrilateral or quadrangle on the sides ofthe listener, wherein one of the mono audio playback systems calledleft-down is arranged on the left side of the listener and at floorheight, one of the mono audio playback systems called right-down isarranged on the right side of the listener and at floor height; whereinthe distance between the listener and the left-down mono audio playbacksystem must be the same between the listener and the right-down monoaudio playback system, so if a line was drawn between the listener andsaid left-down and right-down mono audio playback systems would form astraight line, additionally, one of the mono audio playback system namedas left-up is arranged vertically aligned relative to the left-down monoaudio playback system and at a height delimited by twice the distancebetween the listener's head and the ground, wherein one of the monoaudio playback systems called right-up is arranged vertically aligned inrelation to the mono audio playback system right-down and at a heightdelimited by twice the distance between the listener's head and theground; wherein the left mono audio playback systems must be directed totheir corresponding right mono audio playback systems, that is, theleft-down mono audio playback system must be directed towards theright-down mono audio playback system and vice versa and the left-upmono audio playback system must be directed towards the right-up monoaudio playback system and vice versa, in such a way that the soundscollide with each other and with the listener; wherein said mono audioplayback systems emit their corresponding channel, that is, the monoaudio playback system called left-up emits channel V1, the mono audioplayback system called right-up emits channel V2, the mono audioplayback system called left-down emits channel V3 and the mono audioplayback system called right-down emits channel V4, wherein the monoaudio playback systems are adjusted in their frequencies depending ontheir location in relation to the listener.
 20. The system for thegeneration and reproduction of vector panned audio according to claim15, which comprises an encoder that treats the vector panned audiosignal to give it a specific format, wherein said encoded audio specificformat is necessary to transport the codified audio package to adecoder.
 21. The system for the generation and reproduction of vectorpanned audio according to claim 15, wherein the second playbackequipment that reproduces said audio with specific format comprises amultimedia player that includes a decoder that decodes said vectorpanned audio previously codified, and wherein said multimedia playerinteracts with 2 Triangular Audio Systems, that receive the outputchannels of a vector panned audio, wherein said 4 audio channels V1, V2,V3 and V4 are reproduced through 6 mono audio playback systems; andwherein the multimedia player directs the upper output channels V1 andV2 to the inputs of a first triangular audio system, which will performa panning value assignment to obtain 3 output audio channels, which willbe directed to the audio inputs of the 3 mono audio playback systems ofthe first triangular audio system, which are placed 1 in the upperfront-central part and 2 on the sides of the upper part in relation tothe listener, wherein additionally the multimedia player directs thelower audio output channels V3 and V4 to the inputs of a secondtriangular audio system, which will perform a panning value assignmentto obtain 3 audio output channels, which will be directed to the second3 mono audio playback systems, which are placed 1 in the lowerfront-central part and 2 in the sides of the lower part in relation tothe listener; wherein a first mono audio playback system calledleft-down is arranged on the left side of the listener and at floorheight, a second mono audio playback system called right-down isarranged on the right side of the listener and at floor height, and athird mono audio playback system called left-up is arranged verticallyaligned with the left-down mono audio playback system and at a heightdelimited by twice the distance between the listener's head and theground, a fourth mono audio playback system called right-up is arrangedvertically aligned with the right-down mono audio playback system and ata height delimited by twice the distance between the listener's head andthe ground; a fifth mono audio playback system called central-down isarranged in front of the listener and at ground level, it is importantto note that the distance between the listener and said central-downmono audio playback system must be the same between the listener and theleft-down and right-down mono audio playback systems, a sixth mono audioplayback system called central-up is arranged vertically aligned inrelation to the center-down mono audio playback system and at a heightdelimited by twice the distance between the listener's head and theground; wherein said 6 mono audio playback systems left-down,right-down, left-up, right-up, central-down, and central-up have thesame distance in relation to the head of the listener and said 6 monoaudio playback systems should be directed towards the listener, whereinthe mono audio playback systems are adjusted in their frequenciesdepending on its location in relation to the listener.